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you can't buy land with financing if you don't have the cash to purchase the land you don't have the liquidity to do this type of project. rule number one. we sell 10-20 land plots a year and all of the investors have 2-3x land cost in equity / cash that they can purchase directly. that's before all entitlements and everything else 

What we are seeing a lot of is defaulted investor loans in florida as those DSCR loans no longer make sense and went from a 1.1 down to a .7 pretty quickly with insurance and taxes and borrowers cannot afford them as they bought with no nest egg to pay for the shortage. 

I would NOT advise a client to ever purchase a tenant occupied property with uncooperative tenants unless they are very experienced investors or the property purchase price comes at a discount that reflects this fairly major issue they are conveying to you with the sale.How long has this place been on the market?

I know plenty of people with fancy degrees who fail as a real estate investors which is why practical experience trumps any degree. 

Quote from @Sean Michel: Hey everyone,I am a certified real estate appraiser and investor.

.: Its typical for real estate investors to hire a private home/building inspectors to inspect a real estate property before they buy it.

However, we are now exploring opportunities to bring in passive investors to help accelerate our portfolio growth.

Quote from @Vincent Pflieger: Hey everyone,I’ll keep this short and would love to hear from investors who have successfully leveraged a HELOC to scale their real estate portfolio for both short-term cash flow and long-term wealth building.I’m about to unlock $200-250K in HELOC from my primary residence (a condo in NYC), and I know there’s a powerful strategy I can implement.My current plan:✅ Acquire a 10-15 unit multifamily in a mid-sized market (AL, TN, OH, etc.), targeting a $700-800K deal with value-add potential.✅ Use 20% from my HELOC for the down payment and finance the rest with hard money.✅ Force appreciation over 6 months, then refinance into a DSCR loan to pay off the HELOC.✅ Rinse and repeat!