Rather than me saving up for a down payment to use with a Hard Money Loan to quickly purchase a property, I spent the last 2 years trying to balance out my debt from the program and debt from daily life.MY advice is DONT DO IT.

hi all I am new to Real estate and have been trying to buy a property for the last 2 years but it is not working out.

Last year I got my real estate license to enable me to look for deals and help other investors with a similar mindset as myself find places to start their real estate journey.

To answer your last question, I have a good sized portfolio so I keep about $100k in a bank to mitigate any risk.

Have had success doing Airbnb arbitrage the last year and a half.

I need to check data over last 5 years to see exactly but team has been on point.

Its a nice area, prices have doubled or so in the last ten years, but there are still deals to be had.

Eviction should be the last option, and it's crucial to understand the legal steps involved with help from a lawyer.

Last July my wife and I moved out of our first home and turned it into a rental property.

I came on here looking for a good website to use to send direct mail, but Jerry Norton (Check him out on youtube he's a wealth of information on wholesaling) last year released PropWire which is a free platform to pull owner information.