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Joshua Morris
  • San Diego, CA
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New To Real Estate Investment-Help Needed!

Joshua Morris
  • San Diego, CA
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Hello!

I'll start out by saying that I'm brand new to real estate investment, so please feel free to dumb down any of your replies to my post... I'm still learning!

A little background: I'm very interested in a buy-and-hold investment strategy. I would like to ultimately build up a portfolio of rental properties that provide enough passive income to live on. The first property I plan to purchase is in the College Station, TX area within the next year (I plan on going back to Texas A&M for my Masters within the next 2-3 years). I currently live in San Diego, CA but will be moving to Texas within the next couple of years and plan to run my real estate investments out of Texas. I have a basic understanding of the principles and know the math pretty well (I'm good with asset valuation).

Here's where I'm stuck. Like most newbies, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the financing piece. Right now, I don't have the cash to use for a conventional 20% down payment. In all honesty, I don't even really have enough for 10%. I'd like to use as little of my own money as possible to get started. Would anybody be willing to teach me a thing or two about financing my real estate deals? What options are out there? How do you arrange financing other than from a bank?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Josh

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