All Forum Posts by: Steffen Kightlinger

Hello everyone, im kind of walking blind here, and hoping to get some good advice from you all!


I live in Yakima, Wa and pay around 675 for rent, where i live you can get a decent house for around 100,000 grand ( Starter home )

Im just finding out about this tax credit, and wondering if this could almost be my ticket to get a small house and own my house at the age of 22.

My Questions to you guys,

How much of a down payment am i looking at for a house around 100k?

Being a first time buyer, do i receive any other type of benefits? (besides the assistants with a down payment etc )

someone was telling me i could get around 12,000 if i buy a house before dec 1? But doing a little research on my own, its 10% of the house's value, up to 8,000.

i was thinking of taking the 8,000$ and setting up a bank account and pay my payments through that account while making another nest egg to pay rent while i attend a trade school, anyhow im getting off subject here..


Is there anything you guys could point me out on what to read, do i take a class for first time buyers program ? i have around 1,000 cash on me, would 5 grand be enough for starting out?

Please ask me any questions that could help you help me go in the right path!

Thanks guys, and sorry if this has been posted before, i did a search and didnt find anything! :mrgreen:

Thanks for the responses guys, i will continue with my reading, and keep seeking knowledge, the only debt i have, or will have is a truck payment, i am using that along with a credit card to help my credit line, i dont abuse the credit card ( anymore, when i was 18 i maxed it within a month, wont do that again - Good thing it was a 300 dollar limit, but man the interest! ) anymore and just want a good credit score so i can use it to my leverage at any given time, so Thank you and i hope to speak with you all soon!

The plan for me right know is to just read and learn really, im renting right now and i feel im throwing my money away, in the long run id like a good flow of income a month, but short term would be to flip a few houses and buy a few properties to rent out ( Duplex's idealy or apartment buildings )

I literally jumped into this about a week ago and really just want to read, but i was hoping to get pointed in the right direction as there is alot of mis-information out there, really just looking for guidance -

im 21 and i dont want to live from paycheck to paycheck, i refuse too.

Hello, i came across this site about a week ago interested in Real estate, coasting through the forums and searching for material that could help me gain some knowledge or give me a head start in the right direction.

I came across a motivational thread on books, so i went to borders, bought rich dad poor dad - Read that book in about 3 days ( very inspiring and a eye opener ) i am currently reading Think and Grow Rich, by N.Hill and re authored for the 21 century, interesting but a motivational book at best, after this book id like to read some books that i can actually get some hard knowledge on the subject, im just not sure how to start, where to begin to read?

Anyways im rambling i hope to stick around this site for the years to come!