It requires more effort but can significantly accelerate your portfolio growth.Down Payment Assistance Programs: If upfront cash is a concern, look into down payment assistance programs.

I had a calm today with Royal Legal solutions as I own three businesses in California and need to move them to a trust and start shielding myself and succession plan as well.

Also, using a low down payment option can be a good tool to utilize leverage. 

The response was that they paid a guru to teach them how to do 100%, 2nd mortgage financing to real estate investors for purchases and down payments.

I know I pissed off the 2 buyers agents that wanted 3 %  for bringing a buyer when I told them lets pretend its July and since you work for the buyer any payment you get is between you and  them . 

(use it as down payment or cover what I can) and apply for whatever I need in that state to cover the rest.

Getting the best interest rates, doing (re-)taxations, changing the percentage for a down payments that needs to be paid or for the % in refinancing to get back.We are actually planning our next meet up in Barcelona about refinancing where a mortgage broker is coming to have a talk.

You can put a little as 5% down payment for conventional or 3.5% for FHA.Alternative way, is to acquire the 2nd property as an investment property with conventional, while putting 15%-25% down payment.

Is it typically straightforward to make such payments, or is there a chance that the bank might refuse payment and proceed with an auction?

I ask since a property we're purchasing is going to be leased to a group home organization, and if we were to get the home appraised after a seasoning period, we could refinance and pull our down payment out.