. $100K will be a down payment for a $400,000 property give or take.

Building positive relationships with tenants can increase their retention and reduce turnover, promoting consistent rental income.Consider FHA loans with lower down payment requirements if you're starting with limited capital.

I am in the process of exploring financing options for my first deal and I came across the idea of government down payment assistance grants.From what I read, these grants can be used to cover the down payment on a low money down loan such as FHA loan, which I was planning to utilize anyway since I will be an owner-occupant.Has anyone used this in the past?

You could hire a PM that will cost about 30% of gross income.Also there are people that thought it would be great to get into a STR and found out it is very competitive in many markets and they were having to make up the mortgage payments. 

They only asked us for a good faith payment of $7,500 and it sounds like they are covering the rest.

If you send money to the holding company, now its some sort of payment, allegedly "embezzelment?

DSCR loans are based off of down payment, credit score and either actual or market rents so it helps to supercharge an investor's real estate goals and net worth.

Anyone have success with either of these methods? 

Private raise: this needs to be very detailed and the payment structure on the loan as well.3.

Its a 3 bed 2 1/2 bath.It is around 255k and I am using the state's first time homebuyer loan that provides 6k towards the down-payment.