Being a young family fresh out of college, our student loans have strained our credit to the point where traditional lending is not an option.

The most successful investors I know found either private lending sources allowing them to avoid the time involved in the traditional mortgage process or JV partners for the sources of down payment money.

Quote from @Christian Ehlers: As far as I'm aware the number of pictures doesn't matter to Airbnb algorithm, but the quality of photo resolution and how long guests look at the photos does.

As an example: Did anyone make a switch from their traditional W2 job (unrelated to real estate) and move into an "approved" real estate professional role? 

Traditional conventional loan Lessons learned?

It's definitely available as there are lenders out there w/ less strict lending criteria than traditional banks that can help.Best,Dave

FHA loan, traditional House Hack financing.Earnest money: $10,000Used 3% Realtor Commission to contribute towards FHA down payment; cash due at closing: $1,200Rehab #1 was financed via a HELOC against House Hack #1 (purchased a SFR in Dec 2015)Materials were funded by multiple credit card accounts: a stressful way to do it...Rehab #2 including materials were ultimately reimbursed by HELOC against subject triplex, after Rehab #2 completion How did you add value to the deal?

Hi Brandon,I work with a few investor groups that target SFR’s, and we’ve bought multiple homes from Opendoor recently.Majority of the homes are listed on the MLS and go through the traditional negotiation process.

@Christian Ehlers thank you for the advice.

On an investment property with traditional financing, the least you can get away with is 15% assuming it’s a single family.