And whenever you invest here, you must be prepared for your investment being entirely correlated to the tech industry.

This was a great experience as I was prepared to negotiate and didn't let any emotions affect my final offer.Hopefully this helps.Also, I have active contracts out on flooded property; 1 in particular is located in good area in Denham.

I don't think there is any harm in continuing to meet with banks in hopes of finding one that says yes, but if your debt to income ratio is too high, are you prepared to do what it takes to lower this to give yourself an opportunity to buy another property? 

Interested in how to rehab properties and buy and hold for rental income and also to assist other sellers who need an interior decorator to organize, stage and prepare pictures for their open house. 

I'm prepared to invest $50-75k cash to get started, but would be looking to utilize hard money to finance the balance of the deals.  

Unless the space has already been setup for each unit in the rooms, I would just build a laundry room coin operation somewhere in the building.Your business will be built on the college season, if you don't book all the rooms while students are preparing to attend college that season, you wont book it till the following season.

I have also started to prepare for the real estate salesperson license in Virginia since I seem to believe it is a very helpful tool in assisting the REI process.

Our neighborhood has up to 38K down payment assistance programs, so, he had time to prepare for that.

About 3 weeks later, I went, got a mortgage and note prepared, filed it, and sent the lender a copy.

At this point, I am prepared to invest $30-40k for a downpayment and torn between and still learning about 3 options - rehab/flip in San Diego, turnkey cashflow investment in Chicago/Indiana, Out of state rehab/flip.This is really an incredible forum looking at the "ready to share knowledge" culture which further emphasizes in my mind that real estate is really not a zero sum game...I look forward to connecting with folks here...