My researching, reading, and calling lenders and brokers has been immensely helpful, but I think a great next step for me would be to find a mentor to help me make the best use of my time in search. Does anyone have any suggestions? Looking ideally for someone in the US who would be willing to speak to me for about half an hour a month while I search. All thoughts welcome!
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1. At your stage, any experienced searcher who wants to invest, or an investor is probably a good target. Hopefully they want to help you for the intrinsic value, but you also provide economic value for them if they believe you can indeed close a deal. They'll look at you as a source of deal flow where they have a competitive advantage getting in on the deal.
2. Think about cultivating multiple mentors instead of relying just on one. Different folks can give you different perspectives.
3. Asking someone to mentor you is low commitment on their part but makes them feel good. So don't be afraid to ask.
4. Find a peer network. I'm part of one in central VA, we meet approx 4x year and it is a huge asset.
Pls DM me if I can be of any more assistance.