If you're wanting to use leverage to buy more properties, then once your credit is around 680+, one strategy would be to cashout refi your current property at around 50% LTV.

@Joel Oh- if you are using a loan to acquire the property - the lender  requires  insurance ....if you own the property  free and  clear - your  choice  but I would still  recommend  insurance 

We have assisted clients that hold property individually or in an entity and they transfer to another entity and have never had a lender call the note due. 

Quote from @Sarah Hartstein: Hello everyone, I am brand new to this website and looking forward to gaining some extra insights on property within the US and beyond ;) I started as a part-time Realtor with Keller Williams in Santa Barbara, California, however domestic sales never really “tooted my horn.”

Use a buyer's agent that knows the market, contracts, negotiations, etc.If you really want to learn about investing, get a job in property management. 

On my property above I'm prep'ing to build a new unit...you could arguably say that changes the nature of the use...and it likely does.

Similarly, if you put several Class D tenants in a Class A 4-plex, what do you think will happen to the property?

I am having trouble figuring out what the revenue might be from this property. 

You want to buy a $100k property. - You pay closing costs with cash- You need $100k in crypto as collateral- You get a mortgage on the property for $100k with a lien ON THE PROPERTY.

This year I made it a goal to purchase my first property and my hope is that with the help of this community, I can make that goal a reality.