For me, it was very frustrating to be accumulating so much knowledge yet not be stateside to apply it since owner/occupant is contingency of VA loan approval…I've had the same idea to use my VA loan benefit to purchase a multi-family 3-4plex owner/occupant to get started investing.  

Another is they just don't want to deal with the lending process.A strategy is to accumulate enough cash to buy such deals, then turn around and refinance them shortly after the purchase.

Ex: if you calculate you would need $50,000/year to comfortable live and pay your expenses, then you would need to accumulate (50,000 x25)= $1,250,000 in order to reach your goal to retire. 

In a little bit over a year, I’ve accumulated about 20 units and I even acquired 2 car washes from a seller as part of a deal.

Hey everyone, I wanted to get some feedback on a strategy to leverage a septic violation lien to acquire a property.I am currently negotiating with an Asset Manager on a REO property that has an ongoing septic violation and a $240k (estimated) lien that has been accumulating at $50/day since 2005.

Through my career I've accumulated some amount of money and decided to take an early retirement last year.

For example, if you've accumulated 50 of these, are you going to go around collecting cash all day? 

I've been reluctant to sell as my goal is to accumulate wealth through rentals for my children & descendants.

I have heard from clients that evictions in California (and some other states) can take up to a year if the tenant actively resists and costs thousands of dollars in legal and other fees (not to mention the accumulated damage over the extended eviction period).

In this instance, you will likely be accumulating more in the account than you will need to actually spend in additional capital improvements.