I hope to have my first property by the end of the year if not sooner.

A good idea is especially if you partner with people who could guide you on the first deal then you get to learn as well as invest.There's loads of stories on BP of people who started with less money and got the ball rolling - maybe you will see something that inspires you to get started sooner?

We've also done some private lending to larger self storage developers as well as secured a nice sized HELOC on our property in hopes of using it on our next project.Our goal now is to build out our rental portfolio faster than we have been to try and gain financial freedom within the next 5 years or sooner. 

A local REIA supported/supports the title company I've been using, and until this transaction involving ground rent, I haven't had problems (because the past transactions have been simple).Closing was set for 24 July, but has been delayed to 10 August (or possibly sooner) because HUD has not put the title of the home into their own name.

Often you can get a refi sooner than that but it will be based off of the lower of the appraised value or the purchase price. 

The sooner you grab a house the better, whether it be a single or a multi.  

The sooner you can do this, the sooner you’ll have a register of all the things you do/don’t have to pay taxes on!

But I was wondering if more experienced investors would recommend trying to get it rented sooner, especially before the school year started, by lowering the rent?

There is so much positive energy and excitement within this community that I wished that I would have joined sooner.

Obviously I plan to have someone in the property much sooner than a year but it's nice to have that little cushion to help avoid some risk.So after saying all this I wanted to see what you all think about this.