If you want to grow your portfolio it might be harder to pay off properties quickly unless you have lots of income or are liquidating other assets.Most investors on here advocate using small down payments and securing 30 year mortgages and not prepaying them.

I've got to confess, that's a pretty cool feature of the Pro package.

I just need their bank routing and account numbers for their checking account (as on their security deposit check).

My main questions include how exactly to go about securing financing when you have poor credit/ no working capital.

If you don't turn in the package on time (or at all), HUD will relist the property or offer it to someone else and you lose nothing.This is why a lot of people will say that you have 2 days of due diligence for HUD properties...as you have 2 days to get the completed package and EMD back to HUD.

Now it turns out the ambassador in Libya had requested some security several times, even a plane to be available to evacuate them, and were refused the help by the State Dept.

Each package runs about 2,500 calories and usually is not very satisfying so you have a second one.

But the security, lower fire risks, ability to survive weather (so long as it's not in a low lying area, LOL) and lower utility costs is a big plus!

So, its no worse than a regular W2 job.What is worse is that because you're self-employed, you have to play both halves of the Social Security taxes.

Equity REITs own and operate income-producing real estate, while mortgage REITs lend money to real estate owners and operators or deal in the acquisition of mortgage-backed securities or loans.