I really like what I do outside of real estate, so I'm not trying to "replace" anything, just supplement. 

I am currently working on strengthening my credit, and I plan on getting secured loans to supplement it as well.

Hello BP,Professionally I have been managing/flipping 200+ unit apartment communities for 10 years, now I'd like to do a few single family deals on my own to supplement my income.

My name is Dan I am 35 and have always lived here in NJ.I work as a scientist for my day job, a marine scientist for National Marine Fisheries.As a government employee the pay isn’t that great so I have always been interested in having a rental property or two to slightly supplement our income and build a strong investment for our future.

We have used the Mysmartmove website to do our applications, and we appreciate this, but it seems necessary do do some additional supplemental information gathering as well.

Are you looking to get into REI to quit your day job, supplement you income or to create a healthy retirement.

I work a full time job in healthcare and have become fascinated by the potential to provide supplemental income, increased net worth and eventually a legacy for my family.

Working on using our REI to supplement our retirement.Good luck.Sara

I need to know how workable is the tactic of using the property's equity to cover the down payment and closing cost as long as it supplements the rest of the funding being obtained?

My advise would be to rent your property at market rent and use the proceeds to supplement the rent of someone you know that needs charity.