It acquired a credit bureau in Chicago in 1969.

Refinance as an owner occupantMy other options are to buy a small condo (probably only a one bed) or just wait until I have more capital acquired to get a conventional bank loan...I am so so ready to jump in & will consider any creative financing ideas...I know once I have a property it will be an income generator for me!

I know this may not be the most accurate but for the examples sake:Private money loan of 65K acquired at 8% interest only payments of $433 for 10 years.Purchase price of 60K and out 5K into it.Do Contract for deed at 84K with 4K down at 8.7% for 15 years for payment of 803.58.Collect difference of PM loan and payment of $370.I'm sure it's not this simple and probably left out some parts so I welcome all advice.Thanks!

I may also be relocating to New England (NH or MA) in about 2 years so I'm not sure acquiring property in my local area is the best strategy.  

So acquiring the property was pretty straightforward.

After acquiring my first three properties in boynton the past for year, I purchased my first rental outside of boynton earlier this year because finding anything with acceptable cash on cash return was difficult at best (excluding the D neighborhoods)  

You have to start branding out to other avenues of acquiring deals.

Could use any and all help locating properties in any shape that I can acquire and rebuild.

MLS properties are typicallyblisted at, close to, or even above market value.Giving you info on my first 10 flips and how I acquired them would be useless since it was so long ago and times and the market has changed.

If the homes underwater and you want to acquire the home in a equitable position, a short sale is the way to go.If it makes sense to acquire the home subject-to then that would be something to consider.