I'm a newbie too, don't have any properties picked out yet but in the biggenner's guide here on bp.com 203 loans seemed like the best source of financing based on the minimum down payment required.

Credit unions are an under utilized source of commercial loans.

I think my biggest concern is making sure that I am making the proper disclosures to show that I am not taking advantage of potential real estate customers for personal gain.

We see the biggest downside on the property is the fairly large amount of cash it would eat up...would need about $60k down.

What's your source document for the audit trail for taxes?

Leverage seems like the biggest item in favor of Real Estate.Transaction cost & ease of owning seem like biggest item in favor of Stocks.

So I feel confident about the information I got from ListsourceWith that I would like to share the criteria I'm going to test in my DM campaignI chose 4 zipcodes in an area I'm most familiar with and researched the demos (source Demographics Now) and then narrowed from there Check out what I used this week and make suggestions for the next list I'm going to purchase next fridayFull List:4 Zip codesSFR40% -100% Equity Built after 1960last Sale pre 20003 + Bed1+ bath ( I know it's generally 2 but I'm curious so I did 1+)excluded corpsabsentee in state and outno trust262 Results I crossed referenced a few properties on the local county office and they were accuratePlease chime in and let m know what you think

Now, financing (assuming MS is like VA) is ONLY attainable conventionally on a manufactured home IF and ONLY IF (at least from any source I've found) the home has a permanent foundation and is considered real estate instead of personal property.

In my newbie opinion, the biggest bonus for having a real estate license would be getting access to properties without needing to coordinate with your agent.As an example, driving through a neighborhood and spotting a vacant house with a for sale sign on it.

BP has become a great source of information and this post just proves it that much more.