I’ve been interested in RE investing for several years, as I’ve found that I’m good at digging up opportunities and closing, and I enjoy crunching numbers and analyzing problems.I’m interested in meeting people who have set up private money / private equity deals in the past, especially if it involved single-family residential buy-and-hold strategy.I’m also looking at pulling the trigger on the local Lifestyles Unlimited seminar, because I have a lot to learn, and also because I want access to what Lifestyles considers “best practices” in what will be my market.I’m happy to hear all sides of any idea and my hobbies include playing devil’s advocate and drumming at my local church.

Good luck, and i'm super duper analytical and trying to be paralyzed but also make the proper decision and pull the trigger, luckily I moved from my first home and turned that into a rental. 

As many have probably experienced, you'll conduct your "research" and find favorable possibilities and still be hesitant to pull the trigger.

Always the possibility it will trigger a due on sale.

Since SSA is actuarially neutral, there's no reason to delay entitlement, especially since it'll only pay ~75% of current benefit ~2032, if not reformed.While this seems to eliminate flips, thought I'd test the waters here for ideas on how to keep flipping with compensation, without triggering trouble.

Here is what the mortgage on the property looks like and what it would look like if we chose to pull the trigger.

You need (1) access to equity capital (do not rely on being able to get debt... lenders will hate real estate again) and (2) the intestinal fortitude to pull the trigger when it seems like things could keep going down and (3) more cash than you think to hold hold hold....     

(primary residence)  We want to pull the trigger on buying our first rental property but I need to decide on a course of action for the down payment. 

To put things in a bit of perspective, nearly all of this rapid gentrification (and it has been rapid in the past 5 years-- you'd barely recognize it from 2010) was triggered by the completion of the Marriott (Pier South) which is a beautiful hotel.  

Obtaining loan/mortgage information from the lender of the property, including any clauses that may trigger due-on-sale. 2.