I have had no success with any of those to be honest. I

No I appreciate the honesty, really.

well to be honest I have been looking at FHA loans the only reason I did not entertain that idea was that again I do not have a sufficient down payment even at 3.5% and was thinking if there was a way to finance it without saving up for the initial down. and what I was thinking was after taking getting money from a hard money lender refi after 6-12 months so id be able to get the lender their cash back. is that a silly idea?

But to be perfectly honest, I am so new to this that I'm not sure what the best "first" course of action would be.

Thanks for your honesty Abel, I appreciate it.

To be honest, I am not sure the seller would go for a price %70 of asking, but I thought I would give it a shot.

., 3 of which met all the qualifications I wanted, (3x rent, 680 credit score, minimum 12-months at same work place, 2 solid former landlord recommendations, $1000 security deposit, etc.) and had it leased out within 7 days.To be honest, I probably should have pulled the ad and pushed the price up, but whatever, I'll just remember that for the next unit I open up.

I am not sure why some agents have an issue of holding a level of integrity and honesty.

I would say that honesty will take you very far in any business and lack of honesty will kill the same business.

@Ryan McEniff to be completely honest, I very much so disagree with that.