we had about 50 million out and that was 250 investors.pretty sure you will find like kind companies in your state no problemthen just look at loans they present you and make sure they make sense.DONT do this with NEWBIES or people hitting you on the internet talking a great game.. you need to belly to belly and make sure your aligning with top shelf experienced players. 

So the 14th i got a call from another tenant, (its a 4 flat) say there was water coming from in basement coming from that unit.So i tried calling him telling him I was coming to check it out.

So if expenses are flat (which they won’t be) you “only lose $40K per year”.It’s been on the market over 12 months.

Are they going up, down, staying flat?

I've found this real estate agency in Alicante offering pretty cheap flats. 

He invented belly to belly lending I think ;)

I'm looking to house hack my first property, and I'm not sure if I should find a 2 or 3 flat in Chicago area where it's more expensive and what I can afford will definitely need more work then I would like, or buy a multifamily property is a suburb where I can find a property in better shape and perhaps at a lower price with a lower mortgage .

I wouldn't take much stock in what your realtor recommends, they typically list higher than what it's worth to lock you into the deal  I use flat fee and can sell myself or MLS which works very well for me in the event I do a creative sale. 

My investor and I originally came up with the idea that we would be splitting everything 50/50 but since I have no cash in the game I threw a few ideas at him including different splits or paying me a small flat fee, but before I sent him a firm proposal I wanted to run it by you all...As all the guru's and BP podcasts talk about, I need to know my "why".

I finally found and bought some apartments in Fl at a 23% cash on cash return, not a bad deal, but I had to put $350K into a $1.5 M property w 30 yr Amort and 4.6%.