Hello everyone, I'm 21 years old and living in Bremerton currently. I'm active duty Navy right now and one of my major goals is to become financially independent by the time I am a civilian again. Real estate has defi...

Let me know if you want me to make any introductions.

Greetings and hello Bigger Pockets Community. My name is Joe Colling. I am new to the Bigger Pockets community and therefore thought it ethical to introduce myself. <---- Not your average. :)Quick Summary:I am a p...

If you have a hard time affording the extra $7500 for the down payment, you may have an even harder time with 6 months of vacancy and an oppositional tenant, if things happen to work out like that.Other than that, I agree with @Ben Wilkins that you shouldn't count on any pet rent income or coin op income in your #s, and with @Josh Caldwell that a significant part of this decision should be whether you actually want to live in this property (for the 5 years of the loan assistance term).I don't think the #s are going to be cash flow positive for a while, but if you look at it as "monetary assistance for a place I want to live anyway, along with an introduction to landlording" then the whole package may still be good for you in this case.

I was just looking at LicenseSolution.com and they seem to have the most comprehensive course packages. 

There are several strategies around designing a comprehensive approach to growing a strong network of clients and prospects.  

I signed up yesterday and began taking, "A Beginner's Introduction to Real Estate Investing" videos.

The report is supposed to give the landlord:Credit rating/credit score with up to 5 factorsBest name (AKA's), addresses, and employers (current/previous) on fileCredit accounts with payment historiesPotentially negative public record filings (evictions, foreclosures, etc)Credit report inquiries in the past 24 monthsDo you believe this is a comprehensive report?  

Let this serve as my introduction and a request for help from the BP network.  

Never seen such a short introduction here before.