Purchase price: $379,000 Cash invested: $75,800 Added to our long term investment portfolio.

And then they cant understand why all the things that happen in those asset class's are happening to them they only fall back on their personal life experinces not the reality of life of a life long tenant.  

In the last two years I have taken out 3 commercial loans on 5-10 unit properties.

The much larger group 1 is the people who are naive and due to their lack of knowledge, experience, and possibly limited capacity, get “suckered” by the scammers.The smaller group 2 are those that understand but don’t care if they’re part of an unethical undertaking as long as they make money themselves.  

Purchase price: $215,000 Cash invested: $45,000 Long term new construction buy and hold.

Sad that it only lasted a few months before default for me but those are the risks.

It takes a long time to grow a buy-and-hold portfolio buying only with cash.

You can have some student housing, regular long-term rentals, and even some STRs if you choose.

—as long as it’s not to a retirement plan—the lender will almost certainly require a separate guarantee.

Communication - 1-2 weeks before a new trade starts they should walk the project with you to go through any last minute logistics and make sure they have a crew ready to go.3.