It is maybe a couple hundred dollars to join and you can attend numerous classes and meetings.

Used an FHA loan as owner occupying with a 3.5% downpayment.

Commercial Loan How did you add value to the deal?

There you will be asked your criteria and then after answering a few questions you will be matched with 3-5 agents or loan officers in your area.

It started small, just helping to draft LOI's, running down property leads, making calls, but the important thing was just getting in and DOING it. 

Relatively small amounts of interest income ($1600+ per year) is the highest taxed form of income I have found if you have kids at home.After earning a few grand in interest, It takes away my child tax credits and gives me an effective tax rate of 70%.   

There are a couple of small areas I look in to house hack myself, but because I'm going to live there, I've really narrowed it down.Keep us updated!  

, also have a good lender if you need one for bridge loans. 

There are so many fewer properties of that size.A couple of investors who have been tremendously successful with SFH and small multi - Chad Carson, Michael Zuber.

Dont fall into the $/sf trap or start thinking "$50k SHOULD be able to update a small house".