Quote from @Perry Mutters: Hey I’m Perry Mutters.Im 45 and new to wholesale real estate.I was a licensed mortgage broker in my 20’s.Ive flipped 5 houses.I built many businesses and been successful in every single one.Looking to network with investors wholesalers and anyone else in this industry.My end game is to invest and own 100 doors to pass down to my kids to run when I retire.Im a hard worker hustler and will run circles around most people.My strongest run was 5 months straight 0 days off 18 hours a day. 

Investment Info:

Single-family residence note investment investment.

Purchase price: $34,000

Cash invested: $34,000

Sale price: $79,000

I bought this home in Flint's Opportunity Zone and sold wit...

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If you are free this evening, there's a Real Estate group meetup at innovation hotel, and you may find more local people that have input as well.

Beyond the numbers, I focus on improving the homes, stabilizing neighborhoods, and ensuring long-term value for tenants and communities.While I’m proud of what’s been built so far, I’m still very much a student of real estate and enjoy connecting with others who share a passion for learning, innovating, and growing together.

Meanwhile, political shifts like Trump’s new AI action plan aim to fast-track development by stripping regulations, which could mean faster innovation, but also fewer guardrails.For investors, this could mean:More ways to reach buyers, renters, or private money faster.Better tools for content creation and market research.More risk if you’re blindly trusting AI to do your thinking.How is AI changing your approach to investing, marketing, or analyzing deals?

This community is full of investors, contractors, and creatives who love innovative ideas, so you’re in the right place to exchange insights and make connections.Even as you’re just getting started, I’d recommend sharing your projects, challenges, and any lessons learned along the way—people here respond really well to real-world experience.

I’d like to add innovative acquisition strategies such as that to my toolbox to continue growing the portfolio in this time where land basis is so staggeringly high here in California. 

Keep it as a 3rd bedroom for max occupancy, but make it double as a game room or office—murphy bed, pull-out couch, small desk, maybe a mini arcade or board game shelf.

Also are your recommendations that I first shadow a pro in the game for a little bit (1-2 years) and then dive into my first deal?