Not sure if a lender will work with you on that, but it would reduce your monthly payment and you might be able to pull some equity out to help with a down payment.Hope this helped.

So then the PM guy who I thought was my guy, starts pulling out the stops and throwing around words like lawsuit, withholding rent, you name it.  

My wife and I are wanting to buy and live in a cash-only REO house that is non-financeable , but pull our cash back out to keep flipping.

The returns I'll pull in from the out of state triplex will be 4x what I can get in DC on a percentage basis.Moral of the story, don't be afraid to look out of state.

I'm trying to decide whether it would be better to pull some money out of my 401K or to get a HELOC to start investing.

Notes are an area that experience alone will NOT teach you what you should know, especially if you start learning from another under educated investor/dealer who spends all their time trying to pull deals.

If you are local you might pull it off, otherwise forget it.

4) Credit pull- is a soft pull. it does not affect your credit score.I could go on and on and on.

I decided to pull in a group of friends (none of us have a whole lot of money individually, but together we have more than enough money to get started.)Something we're taking into serious consideration is the option to create an LLC to use as a means of acquiring property.1) Is this a good idea?

I was able to pull all my original money out and a little extra.