Its worth the money because it saves me time, and money every single time.

Lili here, I am a first-time investor looking for a couple different things:1)  A house hack in or near the downtown area.2) Connections to real estate agents, contractors, etc. to start building a network and deciding on a strategy for my REI (wholesaling, BRRRR, etc.)I am a recent college grad (June 2018) with no debt, around ~$20k in savings, very low expenses, and I travel a good amount, so Airbnb can be an option as well.Any and all advice and recommendations are more than welcome!

They can and often do save deals that fall apart when the borrower doesn't qualify for conventional financing. 

So I started my own software development company 7 years ago, this allowed me to work from home and stock away a decent savings, but I knew I didn't want that long term, and rentals was always the end goal.

So I started my own software development company 7 years ago, this allowed me to work from home and stock away a decent savings, but I knew I didn't want that long term, and rentals was always the end goal.

I have been saved from renting to fakes this way.

I’ve been saving for about three years and have about $25,000 saved up.

We’ve put in offers but a lot of condos either need to pass a survey by the lender or we need to put 25% down which would wipe out our second mortgage and most of our savings which I don’t feel comfortable doing.

Worth approximately $110k.The monthly payment is maxing us out but working a 2nd job to save up $$ for the rental property, but that's going to take approximately 1-2 years before i can save up enough for down payment + rehab costs.  

Sometimes the little extras can save you on the carrying costs.