Just make sure you take everything you hear with a grain of salt and confirm with other research.

Might be worth confirming you can get 95% LTV for HELOC.

He had to cancel all of his reservations until he can get an electrician.

BP has a great book on the subject to help in you education.Be sure you understand how to estimate rent, costs and reserves to try to assure you have a positive cash flow on your first deal.Save your money and rents to make your net purchase after living in the duplex at least a year and several days from that first closing.   

If a Tenant sneaks one in, they are hit with a written notice of the violation, $200 fine, and I inspect within 72 hours to confirm the animal is removed or the Tenant will be evicted.

Hi @Nitzan Messer, when buying a condo/townhome, it's very important to do your research on the HOA to make sure their finances are in good order and that they have adequate reserves in case of CapEx projects.

You'll also want cash reserves as a rental investor.

I believe it may be reserved to only a family rental as opposed to renting to individual roomates.

First, any hard money lender that verifies your analysis and confirms your numbers will have no issue lending to complete the deal.

I have the capital but was thinking about using a private money lender instead and having my fund as reserves.