The best advise I can offer in this situation is to Get really good at finding people who have a problem AND own real estateCreate a solution to their problem in which part of the solution includes selling, leasing, or refinancing the real estate.Profit by executing the solution for the person with the problem. 

I also work full-time in the Aviation Section of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.Although I am currently working as an agent servicing clients, my interest now is to use my license and experience to allow me to develop a passive income source. my short term goals are to develop my "toolbox" of skills for locating good deals, analyzing them to determine the best type of transaction for the situation, and obtaining the funding to execute the transactions.Long term, my goals would be to put those skills to use in slowly building a portfolio of properties that would allow me to have some options in designing a lifestyle that will allow me to accomplish the things I want in life, both professionally and personally.I'm only just starting to dig into the Bigger Pockets world with the podcasts, forums, and books, but I thought I'd take a few minutes to introduce myself first.

(Loans, parents, scholarships, self, etc)  My gut says take first semester to learn your market and develop a local plan to execute come second semester. 

I think the bank/lender has less risk in a properly executed transaction that the buyer/borrower.

You need to have your rehab plan legit and execute on it.  

We received the fully executed agreements from HUD/Sage on 6/6/16.  

With regards to your roommate rental income, if you don't have executed lease agreements (which is what I am guessing what you are doing), then the rental income can't be used.This has got nothing to do with the lender and everything to do with agency guidelines.

., to secure 80% leverage will depend on the asset class, number of units, location, occupancy, strength of sponsor and operator and other factors.About 3 months ago I bought a 240 unit deal and got 80% leverage by taking the asset down with a Fannie Mae loan execution.

Has anyone ever done this?There's a property that I'm looking at that could be bought for about $80,000-$100,000 in cash. It's a 4 plex and needs about $25K worth of work and the ARV should be $175,000-$200,000.What i...

Thanks in advance for any/all assistance provided....After working for over 25 yrs as a marketing communications executive, I left my job in 2014 to stay with my father, who was ill.