When I had a pest control expert come out to look under my primary residence, I crawled under there with him to look for fungus/mold, termites/ants, and water issues - I learned more doing that and listening to him than I ever have watching Youtube videos or reading forums.If you have structural specific questions regarding conventional residential framing, wood/masonry/brick/concrete construction, or just general questions regarding the integrity of a property, shoot me a direct message.

@Nicholas Duffus - You simply use non-conventional loans, such as commercial loans or DSCR loans that lend based on the cash flow of the property and not your personal DTI. 

I was thinking of using FHA loans to get into houses with a cheaper down payment and then living in them for a year or two and then using the equity I’ve gotten in the house to refinance it to a conventional loan then renting that property out and just getting another FHA loan to just repeat that process to acquire rental properties.

conventional financing with 25% down payment

Not sure if conventional or FHA is better.

Hi All,Having reached the 10 property limit for FNMA loans, if I refinance four of those properties with a commercial lender taking title under under a newly formed LLC, am I still able to use the positive cashflow of these properties as qualifying income, that is, if I go buy additional four under the conventional underwriting?

I'd only use private money in the beginning of my investing career if they can beat conventional lenders rates.

5% down, conventional primary residence loan.

I will let you know most of my clients are able to use low money down conventional loans in your circumstance but a major requirement will be how much equity you have in your existing duplex. 

I lost out on a 4-unit building with a conventional financing offer.