After years of "extend-and-pretend" policies, banks are finally offloading distressed debt, creating opportunities for private credit funds that have exploded from 100 in 2011 to over 1,000 by 2023.

What they can’t do is cut out a buyer’s agent by showing the property to their client behind their back—that’s a clear violation.If you're a buyer who wants to go unrepresented, and the listing agent refuses to show you the property unless you sign an agreement or bring your own agent, that’s not just shady—it could be seen as steering or restricting access, especially if it seems widespread or coordinated.To spark a class action lawsuit, you’d need:Multiple buyers who were similarly denied access or forced into representation against their will.A clear pattern or policy by brokerages or MLSs that limits buyer access based on representation status.Legal support—usually starts with a consumer rights attorney or antitrust lawyer who smells something actionable.Honestly, the whole thing feels like the old guard trying to protect commissions while pretending it's "about the buyers." 

.😖 I can understand those it’s been working out trying to show case, but maybe they should be working at a gym instead of trying to pretend that they’re real estate billionaires…🤣 yes Most of them are Andrew Tate and Wes Watson types.

Since most investors have less experience and just as importantly less Capital the cannot afford to make mistakes early on if they want to build a portfolio for the long haul.Strategy 1: Elbow GreaseDon't pretend you are a big dog investor and punch out of your weight class. 

I'm not a tax guy, so I won't pretend to be one now...That said, he's likely given you half the story or you misunderstood half...What he's referring to on the cash-out and you are looking for on the re-investment are the IRC "interest tracing rules"...I'll let a real tax guy handle the explanation, but a search for that term should get you where you need to go. 

I love chatgpt but I would try a prompt such as “what are creative means to finance a downpayment given the high interest environment and are not a HELOC”.AI models are brilliant, but point and shoot and context based so you need to ask it to open up to things you may not have though of you can ask it by prompting “pretend you are a real estate investor with very little cash saved search forums such as bigger pockets and reddit”.

I am debating between: 1) "Manatee Lending": ($4,999 if I buy in the next 10 minutes - $8599 if I delay)Learning how to lend money to people who are so broke and so unready to invest in real estate that they don't even have the ability to put down an earnest money deposit on a property, and require me to bridge this amount (usually less than 1% of the purchase price) to them over and over again (they remain broke, I believe because your other program, teaching them to wholesale deals never seems to generate any profit, so they keep needing me to lend them $10K at 20% interest). 2) "Pretend to be a big-shot Multifamily Syndicator" ($100K)This $100K investment allows me to invest a second $100K in your apartment deal.

Have them use a different phone number and call the number listed for rentals (ie pretend they are wanting to rent a place). 

Pretend it was a fully amortized loan, and pay the amount to principle you would have been paying in that situation.

If you have any "bad" debt pay that stuff off, get a 6 months emergency fund (pretend your paying market rate rent), and then focus on investing.