Many states offer 100% financing for first responders to buy primary homes and you can basically pull cash out of a primary home to buy investment properties. 

We are selling one property in a location that has permits and other restrictions it would take Sherlock Holmes to find and when you inadvertently hit one there are fines plus the permits and delays. 

If you're interested, I can send you a list of trusted contacts here to help you build your team, including property managers.

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Maybe an investor is flipping a lot of properties and you could offer to pick up and deliver materials to his crews, clean the work sites every night, bring his crew lunch, or whatever.Find a way to make yourself useful to them, and they will reciprocate.

When running numbers, especially on small multis more western markets with direct access to NYC tend to be more favorable from the numbers stand point and many of these towns offer 30 minutes or less taking commuting lines.

Purchase price: $74,000 Cash invested: $25,000 Sale price: $145,000 I acquired a property from a couple needing to relocate, with significant repairs required.

Learnt lesson not to fully depend on property manager and should have made decision faster by reducing rent .

Quote from @Dennis McNeely: In a sandwich lease option, the investor exercises their option with the property owner to purchase the property when the tenant-buyer indicates they're ready to exercise their option and purchases the property.

We are actively managing two fund offerings, one focusing on real property (REO and off market properties), the other focusing on Pre-REO (vacant first mortgages).