To effectively plan your investment approach, it is important to educate yourself and prepare financially by attending seminars and webinars.

We do want to bring in more business but the most important thing we want to achieve is building relationships within the real estate community. 

Recommending it as a universal approach is bad advice. 

I would say that if you have a great relationship with your investor and you know that if things go south, they will pay you back, then you could potentially move forward with the deal.If you'd still like to move forward as a gator lender then there are 3 main things you will want to focus on:1.

Is it a good approach ?  

I’m a little worried when it comes to apartment complexes so I wonder if I should focus on condos or townhomes that way I can speak directly to the owners/ or landlords? 

I was looking at both markets myself, although if I thought of Austin I will likely check out San Antonio as well considering how close they are to one another.I liked the city of Austin the best because of the overall city and suburb design as well as the community it looked like the city had. 

I would suggest looking to buy in appreciation focused markets where you can still break even or net some cash-flow.

The former is valued based on the income approach and the latter based on comps. 

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