I am a big believer in taking care of buying a roof over your head when you live on the west coast and if your going to live there for many years.. history over my 40 years on the west coast has proven this to be an excellent investmentNot to mention when you sell after 2 years all gain is TAX FREE other than figuring out the rental part.

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I would never consider making improvements to a building that I did not own yet under any circumstances whatsoever.I think the error you made is in taking an FHA loan.

Diversification could come in taking a limited partner role in value add MF apts, self storage and mobile home parks as examples. 

The value my agents provide is now in taking great care of them through the entire process. 

Good afternoon, I am new to BP and I am very interested in taking the leap to get into real estate and would really like to speak with others to see how they got started.

To Dave's point of seller financing coming back-- and, as he also alluded to 'networking'- as in taking a banker to lunch---a serious long-term player in the note space should never overlook attorneys, accountants and financial planners as viable referral sources for this type of product.

There comes a point where the answers to our remaining questions are not in books and posts and they lie in taking action and it sounds like you have reached that point. 

Everyone was in take off position to run home.

Because each of the 4 structures is on its own lot, it's not considered a commercial investment, so I can't finance it with a commercial loan.I'm not interested in taking out 4 separate conventional loans.