Lenders take kindly to a good employment record with W2 income, so that's been beneficial.My real estate investing is at the grass roots level, interfacing with tenants and participating as a community player to enhance the livability of our community.

We were growing and self financing at the time, so we needed to keep cash around to finance any future projects.This property along with the one we were building and the one we were buying in Deal A above, would make us the dominant player in the town.We were willing to pay $190k, but no more. 

You can't hold your own against a real player.

Who is selling and who is buying at what price and who are the players involved.

@Suzanne Player  if you don't use light colors and marble I have had a problem with just initial and turnover seals on granite. 

However, just go to the search box and type "We buy Houses" in your city and you will probably find a major player in your area.

There's oddly a lot of This is very true, with this large amount of capital, need to think big like NFL player level.I read financial proforma of class B hotel in Maui, it's pretty darn good, in fact it's perhaps the top ten best performing hotel in US in term of vacancy and RevPAR.STR and stuff like that is more for small investor like us with half to 1 mil buying power, but when it is above 5% you really need to talk to some serious developer/realtor in the island and understand the business.If I have that size of capital I would import contractor from California to finish my project in Kukio LOL Currently in kona there're only few new construction that can still being built, I guess it is selling for 1.5mil and above.

I am a big player in that area..

@Brandon Belk It wouldn't be a terrible idea to go down to Fayetteville and meet some of the players in that market. 

Here in D/FW, they are a major player.