I pretty much second everything Chris wrote with the one addition of id recommend getting a personal loan if you could swing the higher monthly payments.

I would be happy to talk about sub2, joint venture partnering, lease options, buying on wraps AITDs, getting private money and negotiating terms deals with sellers.Thx for offering!

As a private lender, we use reserve funds as a way to gage whether or not someone is financially ready to take on a real estate investment.  We use 10% of the loan as a rule of thumb.
Even though we can usually fund ...

Good morning everyone,I was looking into getting my license in TN just for my personal learning purposes.

I ask for previous landlord info but I personally have never called a previous landlord for all of the reasons @Kevin Sobilo mentioned. 

@Maxwell Hinesshort term - BRRRR method, for example.buy with cash or hard money, rehab with HELOC money, then refinance and pay it all back.you never want a HELOC as part of a long term situation.

Don’t let UDFI on leveraged real estate scare you away from investing in your IRA, it can still make you a lot of retirement money.  

That leverage can result in less stress, better velocity of money, saved time and absolutely more money in your pocket. 

Have you personally used creative financing for any of your fix and flip projects?

So seems to be a lot of confusion out there of what the recent fed's 50bps means for the economy and borrowing money for investing.