He did and it was beneficial for both of us.

Its totally free and I find it very beneficial to go to and learn what is working and what we should avoid as newbie investors.

Much of that will depend heavily on the lifting of restrictions for the "real" crowd, aka the 115 million US households of non accredited investors, which should take effect in Q3/2014.I also compare it to mutual funds and discount brokerage for stocks, which became open to a wider array of investors, allowing all that capital to flow into the markets.

In the past I have also heard the argument that sometimes duplexes can be beneficial because the likelihood of both units being vacant at the same time is relatively low.Do you guys have any input on that?

I was going to look for something and then put 3% down. recently he was going to try to purchase a foreclose home for $689,000, however when I look at the numbers it wasn’t beneficial for him.

., we happened to be sitting at the same table at the meeting, so kind of a mutual approach.

I would try to use this situation into a long term relationship that is beneficial to you on not just this one deal.

I do agree that going the extra mile can be very beneficial.

Haven't met a traditional lender that will do 0-down on commercial investment property (exceptions for long-term relationships with mutual, substantial, solid investments).

100% loans can be beneficial but ONLY if the numbers make sense.