what are some unique was you started out in real estate investing with little money.... please share

I don't care to babysit contractors and realtors until I die.It may not be a bad idea to partner with someone experienced, but ensure that they are bringing some kind of equity to the table.

Hard to get around the owner occupied clause without bringing cash to the table.

Has unique investment opportunities which no other sponsor offers.

It was a very unique situation where the home had been foreclosed on, but the tenant had a ten year lease, which the courts held up! 

Others may have additional information, but my guess is that every property is going to be unique.

I've known him for years, we have worked extremely well together on my first property, but he isn't coming to the table with much monetary investment, but is very well versed in home construction/reno.

Those two things alone may make the difference between something sitting on the kitchen table for later and something going strait into recycling.4) Figure out whether someone else has already been saturating the area with direct mail solicitations.

Currently bussing tables in fine dining looking to move to bartender this year.

It is our idea to pledge this capital reserve account to the bank and in conjunction with the owner carrying 7% we could find ourselves needing to bring less than 5% to the table depending on the banks down payment requirements.