I purchased my first rental single-family home in North Carolina, which quickly introduced me to the benefits of passive income.Encouraged by this initial success, I acquired a duplex in Columbus, Ohio, followed by a townhouse and another single-family home in North Carolina, all within a span of a few months.

I just started my due diligence phase, but the first thing I need to do is better understand the financial feasibility for the project, and how the return might compare to other investments we have undertaken in the past, which have been mostly acquiring existing buildings and renovating, not new construction.

Also, could you describe how this method helps you in acquiring leads?

You can always start off in real estate by acquiring a property as a primary residence.

It depends on where you are on the investing phase, everyone will be in a different part and have differing opinions.I was in the growth phase a couple years so I looked to take on more debt to build my portfolio.I accumulated a lot of wealth after all the appreciation over the past 5 years.I am now looking to decrease my debt.Once the debt is paid down, I will be able to get an increase in monthly cash-flow that would have went to interest / principal paydown.Remember the goal is a comfortable living situation and not to acquire more rentals(or another job).

Don,  great points as usual from my cheap seats what I see coming down the pike and have personally experienced over the years in Sub to is this new crop of Guru pitching this form of acquiring real estate..

I have experience as a commercial and residential real estate agent. and I'm working on acquiring a 28 unit mixed use building through owner financing, we just need some additional capital for the down payment. here's my advice for you and starting a portfolio.

We’re actively acquiring properties with interest rates as low as 2-3%, even though current rates are nearly triple that.

Just a short list its like 50 ways to leave your lover there are 50 gothcas in sub to. 1. the easiest for everyone to understand the sub to violated the Alienation clause in the mortgage or deed of trust and holder of the mortgage DT / Note decides to call the note due and payable and starts a foreclosure. 2. foreclosure started and the person who bought sub to has no means to pay it off or refinance it and the original sellers credit get trashed and if its a deficiency judgement state even on an owner occ like Texas lender sues original seller for the deficiency. 3. this kind of investing or acquiring assets tends to attract those with limited resources so they have no ability to fix things they decide to scale up and then it goes out of control and sellers are really harmed4. deal goes south and original seller sues or files complaint with AG. 5.

But they’ve asked to come up with a solution since the loan isn’t technically assumable - something equivalent to acquiring the LLC that holds the property.