Adrian,  I have not yet attended, but last night I was on the meetup web site looking at the options.

The data in many markets (mine is San Diego) show increasingly lowering response rates, the cost per deal increasing and deals being found through other, more creative techniques such as call systems and the web.

You could devote yourself to building newly constructed apartments with the intention to hold, and you can do this anytime almost anywhere.

Crossover with an increasing interest in structured debt, special purpose vehicles, and the profitability of syndicating collateralized assets, and the price paid for these assets, as characterized by expected return, has increased significantly while expected return has fallen off a cliff.We are improving our use of technology through on line marketing strategies, specifically our web presence, SEO, SEM, and identifying our referral base and directly contacting them to try to identify those investment opportunities that meet our risk/reward profile.  40 + years ago when I began real property investing, as well as investing in discounted second lien notes, it was almost a “pick and choose” situation.

What source is best for finding deals. I'm just starting out and when I look at Zillow or the general real estates sites I feel like I'm seeing a lot of deals. But is it too good to be true? Is there some website or s...

i do use a web application called dealcheck.io check it out, its free

The chat it will filled only with information about the property and maybe local attractions and restaurants for guest, it won’t be a chatgpt bot that can surf the web.

And the IRS does do this.Here are some factors from a case.In determining whether the income should be classified as ordinary income or capital gain, the court evaluated nine criteria: (1) the taxpayer’s purpose in acquiring the property; (2) the purpose for which the property was subsequently held; (3) the taxpayer’s everyday business and the relationship of the income from the property to the taxpayer’s total income; (4) the frequency, continuity, and substantiality of sales of property; (5) the extent of developing and improving the property to increase sales revenue; (6) the extent to which the taxpayer used advertising, promotion, or other activities to increase sales; (7) the use of a business office for the sale of property; (8) the character and degree of supervision or control the taxpayer exercised over any representative selling the property; and (9) the time and effort the taxpayer habitually devoted to sales of property.

So if you take on all of the listing agent duties (Scheduling open houses/showings/making flyers/putting it out on web sites/Print advertising/negotiation/project management etc) I would suggest offering 3% for the buyers agent and taking the other 1% and having one of those "list only" places put it on the MLS.

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