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How to get first time funding
I'm a new real estate agent and I'm really interested in buying my own property have some cash saved up but I'm not sure how to get funding without income history since I never had a stable job. So tax return wouldn't help. Would love to do it through VA but again and again they wanna see income coming in. Is there anyway to get around this and actually start investing? I'm in Houston area would love to talk to some hard money lender if there are any in the area.
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@Ahmed Muztaba most people starting out overcome the hurdle by having a steady job and income for 2 years, when considering a multiple $100k investment it is probably a good idea to have that regardless of whether the bank requires it.