I did that on a deal where I provided 100% and felt more comfortable.

It allows you to leverage your notes if you have the balance sheet to make the bank comfortable.

To be clear, I’m not against financing, but since I don’t know too much about what I’m doing I feel like it’d be easier to own a property outright and get some experience with landlording to determine how much financing I’d be comfortable with after maybe a year’s worth of rental income.

Three lazy boy recliners would not look as nice, but if it were a place I would look you to stay at, I would think those would be Comfortable places to sit in this excellent looking room.Good Luck!

To say we were a bit nervous is an understatement but I felt very comfortable with both RETA and the Ideal Homes team who facilitated the transaction. 

Once the money is in escrow, everything relaxes because the money is there to pay off the seller and no one cares where it came from as long as it's there.

May be better to go out a few different times with a GC until you're comfortable working with one.

So not comfortable buying right now if I come up with a lot of cash for my next property.

To mitigate concerns of placing a bad tenant, set your application guidelines as strict as you need to feel comfortable, and STICK TO THOSE GUIDELINES.

What types of tenants are you comfortable managing?