Can I take a kid and 3 dogs 5 hours each way to visit the in-laws in a small nissan?

He said I may be able to put down a small down payment (3.5%) with a conventional loan. 

I'll be buying another distressed small multifamily property within 2 months, repair it over the winter and have it leased this coming spring/summer.I went to the University of Minnesota and received a degree in Construction Management knowing that I wanted to get into real estate investing.

New to apartment building investor and would like to employ value add strategies to build equity and wealth,cash flow should be positive.But my main concern is to build equity and wealth.So my target should be mom and...

Camby is a good place for that (a small city inside of Indianapolis on Indys SW side).

Welcome to the forum Wazz :)I wouldn't do a JV as they always seem to go sour.Start small and do it yourself.Focus on relationships first rather than the numbers.I've done 400+ deals over the last 5 years and every time I lost money was due to a person and not the deal.Thanks and much success

Next, adding interest to an underlying loan, several issues, but your interest rate won't match the principal owing on the underlying mortgage this makes tax reporting and borrower disclosures difficult, beyond the financial scope of any small investor without a loan compliance department. 

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The most common general answer I've received is keep it simple while your small.

I focus on easy management, so keep my units in a small radius so that my maintenance guys, and various service provider companies such as HVAC, plowing, and plumbers are common to all buildings.