like a pair of underwear and btw,  I am so tired of people on here immediately hitting the 1099 topic and insurance claims excuse. 

These commonly find borrowers and originate their loans and then sell them, or they might run a mortgage pool.Within those that sell their loans, you have at least two choices: 1) those that originate their loans and then sell them to anyone on their investor list, and 2) those that know you and your criteria (over time) and will pair you with specific properties and borrowers.

VA has lower credit/income/asset standards than any other loan program, paired with the best rates hands down.That is paired with the HIGHEST standards for the property in question.

Just get paired with a  hard money lender and you shouldn't have an issue. 

Just in the past couple of days on this forum, highly experienced people have advocated different approaches to a 50/50 profit sharing deal, one sayin that the 100% money partner should be on title, the other other saying absolutely not, you don't want the liability for the property during the deal, just use a profit-sharing mortgage.I was just talking with a pair of investors who did a 50/50 deal with a 100% financial backer to buy a distressed 24-unit apartment property.

Good Evening to most of you, I am looking at picking up a pair of duplexes each for $144,800 and was hoping that the community could give me some feedback on the purchase.

you can normally get a pair for about half price and if the tenants take good care of them you can normally resale them for about the same price.

Google "paired sales analysis".

Pair that with the fact that most places rent for 1000-1400 in B and C neighborhoods and usually cost over 200k and you can see that your returns here will be minimal or negative unless you cut corners like no property management and go light on CapEx and maintenance percentages.

Maybe it's more of a appreciation play paired with buying a super deal.