: ) At the end of the day, the most important piece of the puzzle is the team/partner, regardless of the size of the project, so do your due diligence on those people.

We are doing OK with rental: good tenants and positive cash flow but we're now trying to solve the puzzle of how to finance REI #2: another cash out refi against our primary, a heloc, etc..

The process starts when a buyer asks that first question and ends when a commitment is made to purchase, close of escrow or cancellation of the purchase agreement.The process is something like a solving a puzzle with the goal of building a complete and accurate profile of the property.

A calculator is a very small piece of the puzzle and often wrong because one wrong assumption can turn a profit into a loss.

I think the biggest piece of the puzzle is to identify which category you fall in. 

It’s also been so fun to learn the processes and figure out the puzzles (I’m also an engineer).

Conceptually I unveiled my real estate puzzle, it's time to come out of the shadows :).

The investor relations arm is the third piece of the puzzle, which is constantly raising capital and maintaining communications with investors.How to Get Started as a Full-Time Real Estate InvestorWhether you wish to transition from a W2 job to an active or a passive career path, the first step is education.

If you're already a broker and investor, and you have property management experience, what pieces of the puzzle are you missing? 

The short answer to this puzzle is:  the money has to come from somewhere (if your insurance won't cover the replacement and any repairs if they were due to a failed roof).