Documented profitable projects. 3.

They think the gravy train will never end and after doing deal after deal with great success they grow bigger and bigger and become more leveraged than ever, convincing themselves they will be out with a huge profit before the next crash.

The deal could be wholesaled, but I won't because it usally is in a long term profitable area.

Save up all of your wholesale profits.

Purchased the first buy/hold property in August that needed work - it became clear that because of the ARV that I should flip it instead of hold and use the profit to buy more property.

Not just that they show profit and worth, but that you show you know how to create, read, and manage them.

In order to get the most profit out of a deal, I was thinking of using a flat rate $275 mls listing to put properties on the market at the same time as I would email my investor buyer list.

Another quick recommendation is, when you think you find a property make sure you buy it because it works according to your profit numbers and do not try and make the deal work.

If you hold it an extra 3 or 4 months, your profit will suffer, or if you have a vacancy for more than a couple months it may not cash flow that year.

Since the house was your primary residence when you sold it to your brother, the sale profit would be tax free if you sold your entire interest.