I find that most of the investors I work with always utilize hard money.

For instance; depending on the price range of the unit, people may be buying a place to call home; or they may be buying a sense of security that is economically stabe and affordable; or they may be buying, in the case of a luxury rental, prestige and a sense of accomplishment in life.

Good Morning All,I’ve been brainstorming and utilizing some of the resources you provided, and I’ve developed my real estate goals.

This helps break down the purchase price between the land, the trailers (which may qualify as personal property), and any improvements like utility hookups.

Is it 10  or 15 % downpayment, that is what I wanted to know Is the house in another state that you and your family are planning on utilizing for vacations? 

I've had many clients utilize the rent by room strategy to great success. 

Hi Rafael,You can start with a SFR or duplex if you'd like to avoid using a property manager, but if you really want to scale up you should be utilizing a property manager.

I also utilize subordination of the mortgage and substitution of collateral where appropriate to create the “enhanced” returns that I seek.  

Whenever I read investor posts about unit count goals and utilizing section 8 rentals as the vehicle to scale a portfolio it loosely translates to buying real estate without paying attention to the fundamentals in the markets where they invest.

Or just used $15k as a downpayment and then had to make a couple months of payments to make the property ready, pay for inspections and repairs, commissions, utilities, advertising, and then it sat empty for a month and you had to make another payment?