Hello all, I want to become a hard money investor.

That would mean to hold the property long enough to build equity and not lose money, which means several other factors need to favor you at the same time. 

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My wife and I buy the homes with cash we borrow from a hard money lender. 

I’ve got 7 properties and each month I generally add more money to each one.

It's a great way to increase your net worth and these loans can also be used to pull cash out of a property as it appreciates allowing you to reinvest money into new deals.Happy to connect to discuss further. 

I do have money for the down payment. 

Otherwise, you can get in too deep and lose a lot of money. 

Rent $1550/month (Projected) Used Avalon Capital's 100% purchase & 100% rehab hard money loan.

I believe that this is due to (finally) rising interest rates deflating asset values, which is highly correlated to the exponential increases in income for top earners like CEOs, executives, money managers, RE investors, and Private Equity Groups.To me, the only logical stance is "rational optimism" (I heard this term from Morgan Housel).