Hi Delroy,Congrats on your 2-flat purchase—exciting times ahead!

I had a friend purchase a Vacation home financed with RBC last year. 

Most lenders are going to be limited to 70% of ARV ($560,000 total loan amount) but that means they could fund 85% or a bit higher of purchase price + rehab ($560,000/$645,000 = 86.8%), which is solid.

While Treasuries are often viewed as "risk-free" investments, certain real estate deals in today’s market offer a compelling alternative—especially when purchased at a deep discount.Take, for example, a 1,000+ unit apartment complex in a suburb near Michigan.

Find a mentor that can help you through the purchase of your first house hack, and get something you can fix up off market directly from the owner.Use the help of the mentor to find out if it's a good deal and to help you understand if it could work.  

@Polat Caglayan The majority of investors who become involved in the section 8 program do so because they purchase lousy real estate and leasing the units to section 8 tenants is the best option on the table.

I started with a house hack then purchased my own rentals/BRRRRs and now I own a successful 7-figure rental portfolio.

Id like to put a HELOC on it or redelop it after a few years, the whole points of purchase is this is a booming downtown area lot of development rights etc, dont want to be in a financial structure that banks will frown upon. 

If I was to purchase the property from her without realtors involved on either side how would I do so?  

Why do you think purchase contracts are so long and have such small print?