I don't want to start out with anything too expensive because when I graduate I'm not sure if I will be able to find a job to keep up with the payments until I have done the rehab and find a tenant.Any more advice on the topics I have brought up?

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My topic involves medical sector financing and I was wondering if you could help me find information regarding how a bank assesses discount fees when purchasing portfolios.

Great topic.

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Pine Financial did a great job of bringing in people to talk about a topic relevant to the market and I'm doing the same thing.

Not my day-to-day favorite play but I've made several $100,000+ deals.Rick Dawson has several related course on the topic.