If you’ve got a deal under contract — commercial, DSCR, new construction or you need a refi— and you’re ready to move fast, bring it to me. I’m actively deploying capital and looking for strong JV partners. We can fund up to 100% of the purchase and rehab, covering up to 70% of ARV on qualified projects. If your numbers make sense, we can close quickly and get your deal fully capitalized without the usual friction. Serious investors only. Let’s get your project funded.

At some point, a seller is going to hit you with this curveball: 👉 “Before we go any further, tell me about your background.” And for a lot of us that’s the moment the confidence cracks. You start overthinking… “Do I sound like a rookie? Do I need to prove myself?” You don’t have to prove anything. Your intent, your questions, and the way you show up in the conversation are what establish credibility. Sellers don’t need your résumé — they need to know you’re serious about solving their problem. So when that question comes up: 💬 Be transparent. If you’re newer, own it. Share that you’re working with a network of investors who have the experience and capital to close. 💬 Highlight transferable skills. If you’ve negotiated in other industries, worked with clients, or managed projects — that’s relevant. 💬 Flip the frame. Ask what they’re really looking for. Do they want speed? Certainty? Terms that protect their taxes? Redirect the conversation back to their goals. Confidence doesn’t come from pretending to be something you’re not. It comes from controlling the frame of the conversation. You’re not there to impress them with your background. You’re there to uncover their needs, structure a win-win, and move the deal forward. Remember: the most credible thing you can do is act like a deal maker, not an applicant. Now go pick up the phone and test this out.

Apparently the last time the seller wanted to sell one of her apartment buildings, the "buyer" turned out to be not legit. Through her broker she's asking me to send her a photo ID/proof of US citizenship, before she sends the PSA, which is...rather unusual and slightly offensive, quite frankly. Especially since we'd be buying it through an LLC (and in any event, who cares if the owner of the LLC is a USian? 😐). In response I offered to send them a redacted copy of the Beneficial Owner Information Report (BOIR) that we filed for the purchasing LLC with FinCEN last year, and hopefully that should be enough to show that I'm not a ghost or something. If it's good enough for the Feds, it should be good enough for her, no? But am I right that her asking for a photo ID (e.g. my U.S. Passport) is a bit out of the ordinary? Or am I missing something? Feel free to set me straight if I am, @Paul Thompson ... PS: we've been working on getting this deal locked up for the past nine or ten months, with multiple conference calls with the broker, the seller, and us, so yeah there's some "sunk cost fallacy" in operation here. But the numbers work, I've got the funding lined up, and I'm eager to get started with the doc review/due diligence on the asset, which is what matters the most 😇

Everyone wants the edge. The advantage. The shortcut. And yeah—wealthy people do have an unfair advantage… But it’s not what most think. 🛑 It’s not a trust fund. 🛑 It’s not a big Rolodex. 🛑 It’s not even early access to deals. It’s how they learn. They don’t binge-scroll. They study. They read. They stay curious. And they treat knowledge like capital—because it is. If you’re here to win the commercial real estate game—you need to stay a student of it. This week, sharpen your edge: 📖 Read 10 pages a day. 📞 Make your calls. 🧠 Learn something new and apply it fast. You don’t need all the answers today. You just need momentum. 👇 Drop your favorite wealth-building book in the comments—let’s build a Deal Finder reading list. Then get after it.

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