That is a cool way to get a low rate, but it ties up the entitlement slot for the seller if you (buyer) are a civilian.  

Not all private lenders are hard money lenders, and not all hard money lenders are loan sharks.

I’ve heard large banks have been inundated with refi requests on their mortgages and have temporarily not engaged in lending, given their margin spread relative to the UST 10-yr is razor slim.

i'm perfectly fine with saving up until i have say 100 grand to invest again cuz for me it happens in just a couple years for as i dont spend much on anything other than on home improvement, but wondering if in this day and age of underwriting if theres any other options like secured/collateral loans (not from loan sharks though!) 

When 16 year olds say that they can make it using only the phone, we're way past jumping the shark.

Razor to open the boxes, soft hammer, two screw drivers.

There have been slot of false starts.

Mentors are wonderful, just be careful there is a lot of sharks. 

But for one property for one year, just like five plays on a slot machine, you can be a long ways from the expected results.

When I started out I rode my reserves razor thin.