Duplexes are cheaper to rent and expenses are becoming difficult for the average tenant.  

I've had lenders offer products I didn't know were out there for buying certain types of properties as well.

Real estate investing is forgiving; the average person can still make money even with some big mistakes.

Contact the utility provider and get a historical average based on the last year of use.

Spending most of the “live”webinar telling stories to try connect to people’s emotions and sale them an overpriced product that works for a tiny percentage of people.

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

You will owe monthly payments until you fix the property up, rent it out, and refinance to a more traditional 30 year fixed rate product. 

You can generally go up to 75% LTV on these products so long as the anticipated PITI is 1:1 with the gross rent.

Moreover, the government has made it very clear that it wants to attract foreign investment and a measure like that would be totally counter-productive and downright dangerous and negative for the country and it's the economy.

House HackAttend as many REI meetups as you can to grow your network of investors for referrals, help through challenges you may incur but don't have experience with, and learn from proven guest speakersNetworking app like blinq to compile all of your contacts for REI in one area with phone and emailbegin conversations with local credit unions exploring what type of loan products they offer