I've been fortunate enough to meet some really real estate educated individuals through meetUp and would be very thankful to meet more either like-minded individuals looking to grow or those who would like to share strategies/help guide me in the process.Biggest hope is to understand how to efficiently assess a properties value/cash flow capabilities and negotiate with the best of them.

You can start with the course on the Ultimate Beginner's Guide.

@Paul Timmins thanks for the valuable info!

My assignment fee would be the 10% arbitrage in the sales price and the seller would get the 1% spread in the interest rate.For the offer to make sense on a flip deal I'd guide the seller toward the second offer.

Commercial:  probably too far out to ever be really valuable as commercial.  

I rented with my gut last time instead of my head and I learned a valuable lesson.  

Then, download the BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide and start reading some more!!

If they would be willing to guide and challenge me, I ensure to be  an eager-to-learn, highly motivated student.

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