Can I get some advice on military friendly lenders with low down payment for purchasing rental property without using the VA loan or in general, how to navigate this to start my rental property real estate journey?

But additionally, since you need someone to share their net worth and liquidity to qualify for your loan, they are taking on some decent risk to not be truly involved with the opportunity for upside.At the end of the day, if you are assuming $1mm down, $3mm loan, whether it is agency loan or debt fund or local credit union, they will want experience (and this could be the professional property management company you hire).  

He found me on the forums sharing info about the military and real estate investing.

I'm retired military so I plan to use the VA and the OTC loan for it.

I also found a small local community credit union who will write first position HELOCs.  

In a recent podcast episode there was talk about certain credit unions now offering mortgages to investors that only require 5% down.

For commercial asset classes, local credit unions can often be an excellent resource for more complicated or unique property types. 

I have personally never been there but are there specific attractions, employers, military base, etc. then make Indy a good STR/MTR market?

My plan is as follows:Keep stuff in my name so I have more lending options and better rates, including credit unions. 

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