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I'm in the military, so we have dreams of renting this place out when I get transferred, buying a new one, and so on.In my perfect fantasy world, this method could yield me 3-4 nice single family homes by my mid 30s (in 10 yrs), a good passive income stream by my mid 40s (20 yrs), and a solid retirement foundation for 55+.I have a ton of research to do and this site looks awesome.

It seems like a good foundation in Real Estate.

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I feel I've got a decent foundation in most areas of a flip but am most interested in learning more about avenues of acquisition and the marketing side of things.

I've shopped around this way for financing.A great program for owner occupants (OO) with low down payment requirements (as low as 3%) is buying a property found at homepath.com.

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I want to jump in this year and take hold of my finances to pay my student loans down faster and raise my credit score so I have a great foundation to start my own investing career.

Steve, My knowledge of properties in NYC is very limited, but with what I do know and have observed personally (I used to tag along with my Uncle - he's a construction contractor) on buildings with age like you have throughout New York, it is very important to check for leaks, as well as foundational issues.