While most other sites would opt to boost their post count, we feel that the quality of post is far more important.So . . . hiring some VA to spin content or write original content that is pure garbage is definitely one of the worst things you can do.BTW - I caught a national REI guru pulling the same thing here as well a few months back.

At that point, a pure cash flow investment is going to look pretty crumby compared to something tied to an inflation index.Someone gives you a million dollars today.

Only the specific lender you're dealing with at some point in time can really tell you what they do.If you do get a HELOC on your residence, that falls purely into the debt side. 

no i already have a home (and not moving in the near future) it would be purely for investment...

In many ways it is much more similar to gambling than real estate, unless one's real estate strategy relies purely on speculation.

I don't know how much it cost you for renovation, but most of these homes are pure cosmetic rehabs that I can get done for $10k to $15k easy, and that still puts me in the $49k bracket.

If not, finding a tenant getting them to sign anything, then taking that to an owner and getting them to sign anything, is acting as a leasing agent, pure and simple, you are attempting to circumvent licensing laws with a BS paper shuffle, doesn't matter what you call your documents.

@Mark i really appreciate your naivety and lack of pure investment soundness :p @Chris we have some neighborhood organizations but i think theyve been exhausted and havent really done much for years- they need to be restructured, revamped..We a huge church community, a large beautiful motherhouse for the sisters of josphine of carondelet- here is a link to their site.

It is not often (in fact, to my knowledge, not ever) that you will find an event of actual pure education and networking with actual real life investors who do this for a living.

The only way to really take risk on these buildings is to assume you have a solid set of bones or go by outside condition and figure everything inside needs to be replaced. running numbers on anything but this would be pure un educated gambling.