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Yes I do have a plan and my strategy is the slow game, buy & hold.

Has to be the right fit of course and both partners need to have some skin in the game but win-win all the way.  

Real estate investment is a quantity game. 

Seen this play many times.. and why I am pretty anti sub too from the sellers side of the table. 

I was trying to consider some factors that may come into play - from what I understand you can put as little as ~3.5% down under an FHA loan - will it be more beneficial for me to put "more skin in the game" with the largest possible down payment I can make (say, closer to 10-15%)?

However, the broker has a reputation to maintain with his buyer list, and he knows both sides need to play-nice in order for the deal to happen, so he's incented to be helpful to both parties.

I have somewhat of a game plan and outline of what I'm wanting to do.

Im new to the real estate game out here myself and went on meetup.com to attend events related to real estate investing.

And of course were you live is the mother of all appreciation plays.. :)