Hopefully, not an expensive tenant or Fair Housing lawsuit.100% of what @Travis Biziorek states is true, but he left out a key fact - he lived in the Detroit area when he started investing here, so was able to self-manage and meet everyone he had to hire face-to-face.

The opportunity cost of losing potential market gains in your retirement fund should also be considered.

Question• Has anyone formed an llc to start and fund their 1st real estate purchase using a SBA loan?

I'm looking to purchase my first rental property and have been searching for a deal that would generate positive cash flow based on my projections. However, finding properties that would cash flow with a 20-25% down p...

I see a lot of investors buy good investments, but then they lose tens of thousands because they have no idea how to manage.

In some jurisdictions, you are liable for 3 times the value of the property if you lose.

I only plan to manage these two from out of state until we're able to refinance our second home as we're losing money on this particular house for rent as we bought this home last year. 

Even if you rent the house for $2,000 a month, you will still lose because of maintenance, vacancies, and the expensive mistakes common with newer investors.You can borrow up to 70% of the equity.

ONLY purchase training if its with funds you can afford to lose because of the failure rate.making connections is important and where success can come from.

I would like to start investing in real estate once I get situated down there.