The old fashion technique you are on now to save and buy when you have the down payment may be the safer course and keeps you on the buy and hold track without the risks of being a flip dabbler.Your prompt highlights how these are in some ways very opposite strategies (one is get in, add value, and get out, and get paid asap... the other slow and steady buy and hold--maybe forever--letting the tenant pay down the debt, rents slowly rise, and appreciation march on )..

I get thru to an operator as quickly as possible, by going thru the prompts as if i am creating a brand new account every time I call in, that is about the quickest way I have found to to get it done, and sometimes if I need to check back with them the next day or two, I will ask them to call me back and they will, the only problem I have with that is that they call from a restricted number, and I can't identify it, so sometimes I miss the call back, but it does work.

It customizes by state and prompts you for the rules.

Hello Christian,Thank you for the prompt response!

I found a great forum topic on them that was very helpful and that is what prompted me to sign up here.

Hi Justin,Your question prompted me to join biggerpockets and post my first reply as my wife and I were just in a similar situation a few months back.

@Michael S. thank you for your prompt response.

No education or courses, just a bunch of us doing deals.This thread actually just prompted me to set up a meeting, so here is the link!

I would definitely repeat the process and will as soon as the next deal is brought to me.Thanks you Brittany and Jon for all your hard work and promptness on this deal.”Ben and Cassandra were funded a couple weeks ago.

Answers should be prompt, thorough, and data-based (not estimates or 'oh it's really good').