Hello everyone,My name is Nikhil, and I am a new real estate investor currently focusing on the West Michigan market.

It turns out that coordinating engineers, marketing and sales to launch a software product is not crazy different from coordinating vendors and subs to "launch" a construction project.I will disagree with everyone who says that hiring subs yourself puts you at a pricing disadvantage vs. prices GCs get. 

I would love to network and learn from any investors in either market. 

I’ve heard on the news the market is going to crash. ​

They claim some great untapped off market stuff etc. https://connectedinvestors.com/software

Hi Dirk,What I've done in new markets I've invested in is join the local facebook community group pages and post about my needs - ISO of plumber, electrician, handyman, etc.

We are still in a very tight, low inventory market- but appreciation has never been higher- it's a great place for a wealth-building investment portfolio- it sure beats the highs and lows of the stock market! 

Questions:What money do you have to do marketing and to lock up deals?

Often borrowers can obtain lower than market rates or more flexible terms such as interest only for the initial fixed period.

The federal and CA state tax of 1 million cap gain (since it hits you in the same year), using online calculator it showed to be around $396K.