@Nick Bolding the investor just keeps their money in for six months then refis and starts the process again. 

If you expect to scale out and grow to a pro level your going to have to learn confidence how to be bold and come out of your shell .

The risks for you comes in two flavors, upside and downside.

Bolding indicates cities where home prices have dropped by double digits in the past year.Year-over-year price drops in California housing markets:Berkeley: -3.0%Concord: -1.9%Cupertino: -11.5%Fremont: -3.4%Gilroy: -7.9%Hayward: -2.4%Healdsburg: -6.6%Irvine: -1.9%Los Altos: -11.6%Martinez: -1.7%Mendocino: -8.4%Milpitas: -10.7%Mountain View: -8.9%Palo Alto: -12.3%Pleasanton: -4.9%Redwood City: -5.3%San Jose: -9.3%Santa Barbara: -3.1%Santa Clara: -13.2%Santa Rosa: -1.4%Saratoga: -11.9%Sunnyvale: -14.5%Walnut Creek: -1.0%Statewide, Values Are Still ClimbingTo be clear: These are not the only California cities where home prices are dropping in fall 2019.

@Cody Hilke Here's my take on your questions in bold belowGeneral Questions:- What is the ideal financing method for less than 10% down payment?

Anyone use Peter Souhleris' BOLD REI program?

Congratulations on the 8-plex deal and for stepping boldly into the investment game!

While the Zestimate is presented in huge, bold lettering, you'll need an electron microscope to find the link to their disclaimers.Here in the Boston market, Zillow claims to be within 10% of the sale price 79.3% of the time. 

My contract boldly states that I am supposed to take possession after closing.

The grain lines are pretty bold all over the place so it all looks like red oak to me.