The process is:  get knowledge through variety of resources, then once you have some basic knowledge, you can ask specific and intelligent questions about the real world application of what you have been learning. 

There is a wide variety of financing options, each with their own pros and cons.

We buy between culebra road and Bandera road inside loop 1604 but a lot of variety there as well.

Next best is to start calling independent agents that write policies for a variety of companies.Watch out for "fully paid" policies.

I have been reading like a mad man, and I feel like I have a pretty solid understanding of financing, renting, selling, controlling the properties you buy and a variety of other techniques and investment methods (I have not actually done any deals, however - I'm only 18).However, there's still one definite gray area that remains, and that is this: what are the risky  aspects of investing? 

House hacking can be a variety of things but involves you living in the property to take advantage of consumer loans with lower, owner occupied down payments like the 3.5% currently required for FHA. 

I have been working in architecture for over 7 years, doing a wide variety of projects including theme parks, department stores, mixed-use residential, and corporate offices.I have always been interested in houses since I was a kid.

Because of the laws pertaining to recourse on the loans many traditional banks are not interested in us for a variety of reasons (no local member, low end segment, single family homes, etc.)This has us mainly looking at 2 different options. 1.

There's a wide variety of pricing.

As much of the 3-5% 40 year fixed stuff you can get, you take, historically.So, think of it this way, if each one of you can separately navigate purchasing using the above financing, you can collectively own 16-20 instead of being limited to Once past that point, you typically see commercial lending kick in, which tends to be more of the variety where balloon payments are more common, interest rates reset to market rates, things of that nature.