As you start to look at properties and make offers, you will automatically meet owners, investors, closing agents, brokers, and of course a few shady characters but the bottom line is that a network is built by you taking action and I have found that as a result of that action it happens naturally.

The thing is I am a key employee and work in IT therefore my time is very flexible, I am answering my work related questions at any time of the day including 2am at night, as well as vacation calls are very common therefore if I need to take a tenant call while I am at work should be ok, but it is a people's nature to think that person might be paying too much attention to his/her "other" job even if he /she  is not, so I decided to keep it private :)Thanks everyone for an input.

I don't have 20% down today to start my venture, it will probably take me until March to achieve that naturally.

Everyone has a theory (China's recession, Brexit, cyclical nature of the market, etc.).I figure this would be a good platform to get some interesting perspectives from a Real Estate Investor's standpoint. 1.

.$50/-55sf = formica in rental units built close to the $52-55/sf$55-60 = Granit Counters or 2cm Granite plus custom marble counters in bathrooms unless Buyer selects full granite option if the have time to do so prior to fabrication.25 year 3 tab roof shingles/ 5:12 pitch/ brick fronts & mailbox with rear and side elevations hardi-siding/  9' plate line/ vaulted to 11' in great room areas and kitchen (open concept plans)/ Stained Concrete Floors/ Pre-Fab Cabinets/ Chrome Fixtures/ Wall have batt insulation/ Attic blow in insulation/ std vinyl windows/ Fiberglass shower tub units and also a garden tub with wall tile/ all Chrome appliances but no refer/  std 3.25 base/ std doors - nothing upgraded/ no fireplaces/ 10x15' rear patios/ 2 car garage/ traditional style homes....Land cost here was cheaper when I first got into this market.  

Seems like there's a natural fit for a flipper and a buy and hold investor to partner and do things like the BRRR strategy - was wondering if anyone has created that sort of partnership and how you structured it?  

Mother nature seems to be helping a little despite our stupidity. http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/01/health/antarctic-ozo...

I'm personally more interested in the number of accounts outstanding, proportion of balance to limit, how often any have been late, and the nature of the accounts than anything else, because the first month the tenant has to choose between car payments for husband, wife, daughter, and mom, and paying the rent, they're going to choose the car payments. 

depend on the nature of the deal.

This smoothes out the inflation a bit nationally, but it also inflates markets like Cleveland more than they would naturally, due to the ease of distance investing now.Many articles in our local business journal recently discussed how lifelong apartment reposition-ers are moving into development due to the completion in the apartment space.