I have no background in real estate, and all the information I have acquired is from the podcast, books, blogs, forums.

Will be acquiring another property or two before the end of summer at the latest.  

So I will keep the property to get a monthly cash flow, refi to eliminate the mortgage insurance (more money in your pocket), and then look to access the equity in your home via a HELOC to invest in other properties. 

Anyone here ever acquire a home through something like this?

I am looking to start off with Fix & Flips and hopefully leverage my capital in the future by acquiring cash flow properties and utilizing the BRRR Strategy!

With Crowdfunding, you have access to tremendous deal flow. 

Hello Breah,I am fairly new to real estate as well (started around July 2017) but I will share with you what I have done so far that may be beneficial to you:Before you acquire any property, spend some time reading a lot of articles and forum posts to get a grasp on the different ways you can make money in real estate.

I want to hang my license with an investor friendly real estate company that I can optimize my properties exposure through the MLS, as well as have the ability to have access to the MLS for research. 

Such openings shall be provided with ready access or shall otherwise be readily controllable by the building occupants.

In your pre screening you ask:1) Do you presently have a pet of any kind.2) Do you foresee acquiring a pet of any kind during your tenancy.3) Is there any possibility you may need to pet sit someone else's animal.You then inform them that if any animal is found to be in, or has been in, the unit for any reason they will be evicted or assessed a $1000 fee for every occurrence on a per day  bases.Some are stupid but most applicants believe that landlords are so desperate and so dependant on needing a tenant asap they think landlords will ignore their own rules to accept a good applicant.