Raised the 25% down payment through a partnership with family members (my parents and my two oldest children).

Some services provide numbers that have been involved in litigation, so those are the ones you should definitely remove from your lists.If your lists are hyper-focused, you might manage to get by with fewer removals from the DNC list.There are also non-DNC-related methods available, such as direct mail and digital marketing.

This property has strong potential, so think of your payments as an investment in your future portfolio. 

More down means lower monthly payment means more cash flow.  

What does he consider a substantial down payment and does he know that he has to pay capital gains on that down payment instead of just on the payments?

So hard money loan in my name, down payment and carrying costs covered by her but we still need to meet to hash out the details.

LeadSherpa is a good service i had a lot of experience with if you want to go that route.The two best strategies I’ve found are inbound methods: direct mail and Google Ads.Direct mail can be expensive, but it can also yield highly discounted properties.Google Ads, on the other hand, doesn’t require data extraction like calls, direct mail, or texting.

In some cases, if the rent is greater than the mortgage payment, you may be able to use that remaining income in qualifying. 

But I feel I see some people grow rather rapidly. wasn't sure if they were using some sort of other method to get ahead. 

Columbus has become a major tech hub in the midwest with large companies like Intel investing $20 billion, Amazon investing $3.5 billion, Google building 2 new data centers: one in downtown Columbus and the other in right outside of U.S. 33 in Lancaster.I recommend working with an investor-friendly agent who focuses on cold-outreach methods like cold-calling, cold-texting, etc to bring you off-market deals.