I keep seeing podcasts/videos about scaling quickly, buying 5 units in one year, but don't see what the path to that is, or how they got the loans.

Real estate is also a game of survival and its more important you are in the game year in and year out than to get wiped out rather quickly.

Keep your eyes open for properties that need a lot of work and offer to list it, or to give them a quick cash offer yourself to save them time and commissions. 

Hello everyone. I’m brand new to BP & brand new to real estate investment but I’m a firm believer in affirmations so I will (prematurely but confidently) introduce myself as an investor. I’m in the West Palm Beach...

Hey guys I need some quick advice and I am getting deflective answers from my CPA. 

The only reason I've been able to purchase 3 houses this year is by showing POF and closing quickly.  

Just choose your partners well and don't move too quickly until you are certain you have a perfect match.And I could see where a long-time management company relationship could one day grow to where the management company is making a financial investment in your acquisitions (alongside your other investors).  

Nobody will accept an offer if they don't know whether you can actually buy it.That's especially important around here because anything that's a reasonable deal will go under contract very quickly. 

After about 3.5 years (was only going part time because of the biz) I came to the same realization as you and went to my advisor to see what associated degree I could quickly get to get out of there and not completely waste about $35k.

As far as smaller scale investments, towns like Lyndhurst and Garfield with older homes in closer proximity to one another are still available to flip.Hudson county has a lot of smaller flips or two-three family new construction going on because a lot of the areas in Hudson haven't been renovated in 50+ years so there's a lot more to purchase at a lower price, plus with areas of Jersey City and Union City so close to hoboken and downtown JC and increasing in pricing so quickly, it's a more solid investment.