I remember buying my first investment property thinking who do I think I am? I processed that thought over and over in my mind. I came to the conclusion that I want to be thought of and recognized as an investor by my Realtor, my Attorney and my Mortgage Broker. This transformation took place 4-5 months before I had my first investment property. I became a real estate investor just with no houses yet. Fake it till you make it. I would drive around looking at multifamily houses while everyone else was spending their weekends doing weekend kind of stuff! Why? Because that's what Investors did or at least that's what I thought they did. I didn't have a mentor or ChatGPT or a Skool Community. I had my realtor Arlene Longo that was gracious enough to entertain my BS title of "Real Estate Investor" long enough to actually get me to a closing table and sign a ton of papers! I found her while calling a listing of another 2 family house I was interested in. I think we looked at about 30 properties until I came up with my first purchase. I looked at this 2 family and liked it but the numbers didn't work. I drove to the listing agents office and asked the listing agent why I should buy this house. My realtor flipped out when she heard I went around her to gather some Intel information. Turns out the homeowner was going through a divorce and was sleeping in the basement of the 2 family and freaking out the girls renting the first floor apt. and he needed to sell fast! Perfect! I offered my number that worked and they accepted it. My first distressed asset of my life! Who are you willing to become? Drop a line below

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We are currently in Ireland managing our loans, tracking who has made payments and who we need to get after. Tools needed: laptop and a whisky. We have been using Money Lender Professional @Josh Whitman for 12 years and have been very happy with the process. I bought a portfolio of non performing loans in the very beginning and turned them over to a Servicer and guess who got rich? The price of servicing a non performing loan was 3 times the cost of servicing a performing loan so they milked that cow for 2 years! If this is something you would like to hear more about drop a comment below