The truth is that most people, even if saving an incredible portion of their salary, are not going to get rich or even have that great of a retirement investing their savings at 5-7%.  

If rental portion is half, then mortgage would be $150k. 1.

Was it all a primary residence, or did you list a portion of it as an investment asset (with depreciation taken and rental income declared)?

@Spencer Cuello As others mentioned, can be used if it's short term only and you have a plan to pay off before the 0% expires.Also note it's best used for the rehab portion of a deal after the purchase is complete. 

For example, I've seen where a hobbyist investor/developer works on project, they hire an engineer and/or architect, but they ended up missing something vital, i.e. drainage issues, environmental, fire dept review, planning the wrong type of product for that market (buyer & renter demographic), etc.

Can you provide examples for a portion of that?

If you are interested, however, and are willing to communicate to landlords that you are new, but worth taking a shot on with some portion of their portfolios, maybe willing to compete on trust and earn into larger portfolios or bigger fees over time, you may consider reaching out to the team here at BP, and maybe there is a way to let those investors who are looking to support a new and up and coming business work with you.

As for general contractors, they are vital to the success of your projects.

Rents rise, but a large portion of expenses do not.  3) in my market property tax is near fixed rate which again leads to better cash flow over time.  

The letter will have a code in it that you going to use when doing the landlord portion online.