******** Posting as Amanda Sugay Alexander, using my partner's account ********This review is for Soli Cayetano and the Private Money Playbook course.

The goal is to replace 1 persons income, for now, and pricing on multifamily seems too high at the moment to be able to accomplish that without more money on hand.I've been in property management for around 4 years and my husband is with the same company in the renovations department.

You might consider hard money for the initial purchase or going with a DSCR type lender if you find something that is more turnkey.Hey!

There are plenty of people doing fantastic things in Chicago and making a lot of money in the process here, but none of them are half-committed. 

I am currently listening to Investing in Real Estate with Little or No Money Down...

Another option is private money / hard money. 

Keep an eye on how loan rates move and try to guess their next step, as even a tiny rate change can mean more or less money each month.

We looked into DSTs but did not like locking up our money for long periods.

@Charlice ArnoldInterestingly enough we have found many have passed on opportunities to buy hard money loansNot sure why as I would recommend them to an investor over an owner occupied loan any day of week but people either think they can make 15% or have some other reasonCurious to here if anyone else has some short term loans that have challenges finding a buyer

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