Expenses have gone through the roof the past few years - labor and materials.

Play the game by the credit company's rules and you will get there. 

We primarily focus on multi-family properties both on and off the market.

This comes at sort of a weird time as well because we are gearing up to buy a multi-family with traditional financing and if we went with this method we would need to use the capital from that for the cash property.

You must be new to the business, son..

Inventory feels really tight, and I know a lot of investors who are struggling to get their hands on something with good numbers.I’m full-time in the DFW market and constantly seeing off-market properties come through — some with really strong spreads and comps — so I’m curious: are you guys still finding good deals, or has competition made it harder lately?

It seems like they have a newer and better "jerk the host around" policy every couple of days.You get what you tolerate.VRBO is no better, and will almost certainly copy this in the coming months.VRBO and Airbnb take turns coming up with jerk the host around policies, and then the other one copies it.Remember, VRBO are the ones that invented charging fines to hosts beyond even the max refund amount, which is pretty much the most brutality punitive policy in all of business and something no other business would accept.Imagine if waiters had to pay a $2000 fine for spilling a drink on a diner. 

Hello Mithhell, I'm wanting to know about "The Flip Secrets" also.

Expanding your portfolio while preparing to transition into full-time real estate is a smart move — you’ll be setting yourself up for a smoother retirement.

Once she's out, get the place cleaned up and rehabbed and interview new PMs.