In order to qualify for initial talks:Must own investment real estate and have bought/sold it in the past.

(and I've dealt with a lot of contractors, both good and bad)Certainly, a "craftsman" is unlikely to generate the income he desires from working with investors, but good contractors can make a good living working with good investors (my contractors certainly do).My contractors are very good, getting steady work from my projects, and making good money.

I'm wrapping two underlying loans totaling 175K....my equity on top is 70K...the interest is 6.5%....I was initially going to carry 3 yrs now thought of 30 yrs for the income....but after coming on this forum this week thought I should rethink this.

Check out some of the real estate threads on creative marketing and lead generating.

We have a couple of generations of people alive now who've become accustomed to their house doubling in value every 10 years or less, and effectively funding their retirement with appreciation of their family home.

This helps when analyzing the deal initially.

When offers come in, a lot of these banks want to see the offer be within 5-10% of that initial opinion of the broker.

If you were buying, you would just need to keep generating seller leads.Since you're wholeselling you need to ALSO be generating buyers as well.Ideally you will have solid buyers lined up in your target area(s) and close relationships.

Investors are now everyone and our generation is much more savvy then the generations before us and before them.

Capital Expenses - initially, when you acquire a park, you can do all the immediate improvements to the park, but you should have a line item in your expenses allocated for future capital expenses.