Savings are nothing more than the difference between what you spend and what you earn, so you have two options (or a combination of the two) for increasing your savings: 1)reduce your expenses, 2)earn more money.

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Combine 1&2: a deep pocket needed to start.   

Which is a pretty cool combination.

I've talked to a number of friends who do royalty deals, equity deals and debt deals and combination deals.

You can combine that with a partner or use other sources of cash and get a deal. 

And we hold the parents to the same income criteria, i.e. they can't combine with the kid to meet the guideline - the individual has to meet the guideline & credit worthiness. 

But with your combined incomes, you'd have no problem renting in those areas while your cash flow (and appreciation) accumulate on your first rental.  

The payment calculators, the PMT function in excel or a financial calculator will calculate only the loan repayment. 

They actually used a combination of triple vented and solid.