Hi Alex, my advice for you would be to prepare a solid investor packet for them, regardless of relations: friends/family or Hard Money lenders, show them how you will put their money to work for them, the investment strategy and how it works, allay their fears by addressing risk, how you are protecting them and what your risk mitigation strategy is, Breakdown the deal for them and Address the benefits of why it is they should invest in you and your system versus keep their money elsewhere.

Buying resell is the way to go for that, and usually locks in the lower property tax rates as well (higher on new builds, weird system).

It's not about how many you have, but what systems in place you have to manage them and what deals you were willing to accept to get there.

I have some experience but with your response, I refocused to the fact that success in all real estate projects are a result of working some variation of a system you already have.

After that it’s a system like anything else.

@Caleb Heimsoth the business is in Intellectual Property for a system to convert natural gas and carbon biproducts into nano-materials such as graphene.

I agree.I created a system called "The IDEAL Wealth Grower" where I help you to make successful OOS investments.

The public transportation system in Rhode Island isn't really great compared to New York or Boston - it's just buses, no subway.

Investing is not an art open to interpretation but a science that you can perfect in order to produce repeatable results.Understanding What constitutes a good deal, developing solid Due Diligence and Deal Structuring systems.

I will continue to invest there because I have a concrete system and network but I'm looking to expand into markets that have much more upside.