If you're really serious about this, then I think selling your paid off car, trading out of the truck for a more economical vehicle, and using a contract or two to funnel money into those credit cards is the move.Keep at it Steve!

Though my years of hiring trades to work on my rental and friends/ family/ clients properties I have had it good and bad experiences.

I am a business broker by trade but I am looking to get into multi family syndication.

Your family may also benefit from helping and learning tricks of the trade.

Some of my best strategies have been:- Home Depot parking lot early in the morning- new subdivisions, new trades on display every day- local REIA clubs

No big, national, publicly traded banks will do this loan type.

You can do this with a few different contractors for each trade.

main piece of it will be the builder with the rolodex of trades .

The market is on an excellent growth trend and is now being forecasted as one of the fastest growing markets in the U.S. and prices are still relatively low.

As I was preparing to structure my offer, I got a call from the property manager informing me that the owner had traded this property to a friend for an RV and an ATV!