I started when I was 23 but I would say my start was not traditional.  

No mortgages.The problem is that traditional banks want 2 years of tax returns of exclusive rental activity.

But if you are wanting to finance the purchase traditionally some of those methods may not be an option for you. 

With a traditional FHI mortgage the finance cost is PI of $8,057.74 plus another $850 for PMI; so nearly $9,000; the savings is about $1,800 a month, but that leaves a $2,200 a month loss - which is $26,400 in annual loss.  

Again, I don't want to do the traditional financing, any options out there?

Even if real estate goes well for you, you'll likely need a W2 job for a while to help with traditional financing.

As long as you can deal with that, you're going to get much better rates through banks or traditional lenders than HML.

If business leave, as in the article where GE leaves Fairfield, CT for Boston and UBS leaves Stamford, CT for New York City, how much of an impact does it have on the traditional cashflowing smaller cities?

Hello Marketing advice forum,I have been doing lease option wholesaling and I want to get into traditional wholesaling.

If you wish to stick to the low down payment traditional financing programs, it'll require owner occupancy.