How we purchased our property: Combination of Savings, Personal Loan with interest from a family member (4% interest) and a cash loan from Wells at about 8%.

A couple of months ago, I purchased a property using a hard money loan for $115,000.

Ok to use an example or intended vertical blinds vs receipt for purchased blinds? 

When Trying to qualify for a traditional loan, lenders usually price your purchasing power at 3x your net income.

If you have specific questions about property management, I'll be happy to help! 

Purchase price: $690,000 Cash invested: $172,500 Took a gamble on a larger single family home in an up and coming master planned community.

.)- Crime stats... if you know specific zip codes/submarkets that you'd like to target, the best data will come from local precincts. - and more..I'd recommend remaining active not only here on BiggerPockets, but in other valuable RE investment networks that you can find - i.e. local meetups (meetup.com, eventbrite, BP local events). 

Im a firm believer in purchasing rentals.

It will be my first home purchase. 

Other considerations are the lost costs to sell and re-purchase other properties.