Below are the meeting notes from our 4th San Mateo Real Estate Meetup, where our small group of investors discussed some of their real estate experiences. Lesson #1 - Is a two month deal with 41% ROI (return on investment) upside and 200% downside (collected in 12 months at foreclosure) for private lending a good deal? First, all investments have risk. But when you have a team of lawyers, title insurance companies and investors, you may be (overly) confident that someone will