The real estate focused CPAs on Bigger Pockets are all set up to serve clients from anywhere in the country or world.Perhaps you might want a CPA that specializes in real estate rather than one that is physically close to you?  

I could go with a HELOC (30 years) and have a larger line and bigger cash-flow but I don't like the floating rate in the current market and I don't currently need more cash.

@Karen HossWelcome to Bigger Pockets.

@Kelley PhanWelcome to Bigger Pockets.

Did you just save up another down payment, and get a bigger income until you qualified?

I knew nothing about the basics of real estate and after confiding in my dad that this is what I wanted to do he pointed me to Bigger Pockets, which I then learned by all the educational tools that not only can I do what I know I would love and enjoy doing but that it will give me a life I'd want for myself and my family that no other job could do for me. 

@Steve KolozsiWelcome to Bigger Pockets.

The worst would be an audit and loss of the exchange - pay the tax and pay some interest. 

Hi Bigger Pockets peeps!

To educate myself about what I should be looking for I've been listening to the bigger pockets podcasts, specifically ones explaining how to get started in real estate, how to find and finance deals.I hear two things constantly that i'm not entirely sure how to approach,ONE - Get good at analyzing deals - I don't know how to do this and i'm not really sure how to learn it.TWO - Establish criteria for what you are looking for - I don't know what criteria I should use to narrow my search. how do you decide what to look for?