I tell them "San Diego is an awesome place to invest, if you don't care about cash flow".  

I polish and repaint, pay attention to curb appeal and all those things that bring in great tenants. 

Until then, take care! 

Hey,My name is Danny I am 19y/o to anyone who cares I really want to get into real estate investing and I've been looking at properties on homepath and really want to flip one so I can rent it out.

I just want to understand realistic comparison of reg sale vs reasonable and maybe more attractive seller financing structuring taking into account future short/intermediate term interest rate trends and Time value of money (that I am a fan of learning more).As a side note, being a health care professional I am amazed and always puzzled by financing and real estate.

The brokerage format should take care of this scenario but you need some planning there. 

Originally posted by @Aaron Klatt:From what you've said about not wanting to drop 30% of your income on primary residence it sounds as if you have made your decisionSo either way we weren’t planning to to buy the larger home right now, only because we felt it might hinder our investment growth.Now, you got me thinking if I need to think “big picture” to focus on locking down our long term primary residence with favorable rates.The no down payment and no PMI is what’s got my attention.

*One is section 8 and has become a hoarder and gets frequent fines from the HOA for items left outside (two partners don't care because the rent is always paid) * One is a tenant of almost 2years who pays on time, cares for the inside of the home but has suddenly stopped caring for the exterior, and appears to have moved in a dog and a boyfriend but denies both.

Just be careful of sales people saying anything to get a property sold.

If you're taking care of the aforementioned items and anything else that comes up, and all he has to do is put some money down, a 50/50 split is a great deal for him.