Here are some quick pieces of advice: - GET MARRIED BEFORE BUYING A HOME TOGETHER (It would likely be a nightmare if you guys break up and own property together) - The more comfortable you need to be, the less of a "deal" you'll most likely get (that's not a fun thing to hear, but I wanted to make sure you did).

That's my biggest piece of advice is to just get started so the momentum (and equity) can start building.

A lease purchase is an excellent way to get into a piece of real estate without coming out of pocket upfront!  

I'm working on filing my taxes and need this piece but don't know where to go to find my land value.Thanks

I have been doin acquisitions for about 5 months now and my brain just started to piece together what that looks like and i can honestly say the same.

@Michael MorenoYou're missing the critical piece which I have to repeat:  "Just be aware that you cannot create a loss.

I have used this successfully, and have leveraged the transparency for a “piece of the action” when I felt strong about the prospect of the project.  

Out of all the deals I have done, maybe only 1% I would say was a slamdunk and I saw there was no way to lose no matter what (i.e. somebody just handed a piece of real estate to me and only wanted pennies on the dollar) 99% of the deals, none of them looked like a slamdunk in the moment.

If you want to do the replace your mortgage / velocity banking thing, all you need to do is get a smaller 2nd position HELOC and then take a piece of it ($5-$10k) and put it on your 30 year fixed.

The colleges in NEPA are: Stroudsburg U, Kings Coll and Wilkes in Wilkes Barre, Keystone in Dalton (near Clarks Summit) and in Scranton there is Univ of Scranton, Marywood and a branch of Penn State.In regard to the Poconos there is an abundance of single family opportunities in the private communities but also HOA dues and extra due dilligence to understand each community.That is a tour of a small piece of PA.