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Buying my first income producing assest
I have been currently working full time at my current job for about a year now. I have been saving about 50% of my monthly paycheck through out thos year of employment. I would like some advice or your own personal experiences on buying my first rental home with low or no % down at all.
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Ken
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Well, if I was you I would be looking at buying a duplex or greater with a conventional loan, to live in with 5% down. (PMI drops off at 20% LTV on a conventional vs FHA)
What kind of money are you saving? 50k or 10k ??? might make a difference it what you can do.
Why do you want to put so little down?
Why not buy a ugly property with 25% down with a portfolio loan, rehab so it is fanciable via FHA or Conventional and then cash out Refinance the deal. (or Sell)
Un-financiable (Conventional or FHA) Properties sell at a deep discount and usually take small amounts of work to make them good again (at least the ones we buy)
just my thoughts