so here's the story. my team and i are new (real new) to all of this. we are looking for mentors that we can learn from. when my sister first approached me with this idea i thought she was drinking again. but no. she is looking ahead and knows we must work together to be successful. three of us work full time, one inherited cash. credit for two of us is good, the other two-not so much. we heard about hard money lender and it sounds appealing because i didn't want to take out my 401k because if this deals go sour, i  will be in trouble. yes i will have my retirement (govern.civil service ). also, there are three adults crammed into a 2 bedroom 1 bath house and i want to buy a house. i am a veteran and never used my va loan benefit. question now is, should i buy a house with VA, wait a bit, use the equity to buy a rental?

Bought it from a brother / sister team that inherited it and were not very proactive property managers.  

My mother started a real estate investment firm, and my sister and I are partners.Though we just started our company, we've been blessed with wholesale as well as flip deals.

The seller signed a lease with the lady, her sister, and her mom.  

My sister in law has a condo in Columbia Maryland that she was trying to sell. 

I liked real estate IRAs so much that I founded CamaPlan, with my sister Maggie, a national self directed IRA company. 

I got interested in real estate via family and my job - my sister is a successful investor in Texas and I work professionally as a surveyor/engineer.  

@Valencia NicholasWelcome to BP, my sister is the head of HR in her company and loves her job. 

I got lucky that the sister just took over the lease. 

Found his obituary and said he left behind his son first, two loved ones, a sister, and 2 dear friends- in that order.