You hit the nail on the head with the risk vs reward ratio as well.

I've always realized how real estate can change your life, now I am committing myself to the challenges and rewards.

Risk/reward dynamics seemed to favor making the investment.  

What I’ve been hearing from a few banks is:They want to see repeatability before they reward flexibility.I’m curious how that looked in real life for operators here who’ve made that leap.Did you find it was more:Assets under your belt?

If you're using primarily cash flow from the property, or doubling money in less than five years if rewarding investors out of a cash out refinance from a property with lots of upside. anywhere between those two goal post can also work for example of 4% preferred return and a 1.5 X multiple at year three could be appropriate if that's what your deal is tailored to. hope this helps

I’d say you’re getting more attention than their possible reward deserves.  

Flipping will humble you or it will reward you and it all depends on whether you show up with optimism… or with actual capital.Good luck out there and if anyone needs any guidance just shoot me a message!

Slower markets tend to reward patience and skill over speed.

What has been the most rewarding part of real estate investing for me is the value add strategy.

So this takes someone like us with the knowledge of development and someone like my client uber knowledgable and since this is all risk money the rewards are HUGE for him and quite good for us.