One of them even published a book on investing, but then says he used Trust to make the investment.Accredited investors-  who gives a care if they lose money, are swindled, follow bad deal analysis?  

You will pay 10% penalty plus taxes on that money.

If you are just getting started and don't have much cash or income, you'll likely need to find deals where you don't leave much (or any) money in the deal and it needs some cash flow.

Florida is down almost 15% and Texas is following the same path.I bring this up because at a recent meetup some investorswere telling me they are willing to pay full price to beat the competition.That's an insanely bad move right now unless you're willing to come out of pocket to cover expenses to try to keep those houses afloat.Stop speculation for the love of the real estate gods STOP.The only time you lose money in a real estate crash is when you sell in bad timing...BUT you must remember that deals are only deals depending on how they were BOUGHT, not how they were SOLD.Heck, even in Denver the smartest investors I know are buying at even deeper discounts because they know DOM are going to be longer than expected.Get better at sales, get better at marketing, don't be romantic on any one market and we will survive. 

I'm getting cold feed since I'll have all the skin in the game financially, if something goes south on the flip and he doesn't make enough to pay me back, or we lose money, how will he pay me?.

Hi guys,I lived in a house from 2012 till Jan 2022. In Jan 2022 I moved out and it became a rental...My understanding, if I lived in the property for 2 out of the last 5 years I can sell it without paying taxes on the...

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@Michael Santeusaniomy learning lesson is have way more money at your disposal then you think you need. 

Im sure some percent of those sales the buyers will lose money on.

The reward is you can pull most or all your money out here and continue to buy and build up equity in all angles + potientally cash flowing.