Now i have always been avid about long term planning, but 20 to 30 years was a little outside of my scope, then i started reading autobiographies of real estate investors, warren buffett, and other instructional books that proved to me this traditional method is not law.

It includes a case-study (including financing details) done by @Brandon Turner on a property he later bought:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/04/09...He is also hosting a webinar this upcoming Wednesday about how to find, analyze and fund a deal:http://www.biggerpockets.com/pages/webinarThe Podcast below includes details about Peer-to-Peer Lending, which charges 5-6% less than most hard money lenders.

Might be tough to do this without a cost segregation study or a specific allocation in the purchase agreement, but definitely depreciate over shorter lives for these type of items you purchase for the unit.

Hi,I just read Brandon Turners, " How to buy a small multifamily property: A step by step case study.  

Hello everyone, I have been study and trying to look for a good 1st deal.

In the meantime, while you are waiting continue to study and increase your financial intelligence so you will be even more prepared for what you want to do when the time comes.

You stand a chance to get a business loan as long as you guarantee the loan and can show bank statements and income to prove you can repay the loan.Joe Gore

(our least favorite option and we don't have a lot of cash right now)It was great that we were able to purchase our first property and it is going well but we really want to accumulate more properties and after you spend most of your cash to get the first one it is proving difficult to get a second one. 

A little bit about me: I am currently 23 and going into my senior year of college studying business management.

There are online classes available, but I want to get the benefit of networking.Boston University offers a Real Estate Studies certificate. $5k or so, not sure how reputable that would be.