I have three criteria for when I look to invest in any business - 1) I want to make a lot of money, 2) I don't want to spend a lot of time doing that and 3) I like businesses that are very simple - something I can easily explain to my wife and parents (and that's exactly why I lost money investing in Bitcoins!!

Flood insurance is $390, three of four units are rented.

I used a VA loan to "House Hack" my first three unit building.

After moving to Chattanooga three years ago, I began to have interest in buy and hold real estate investing.

Some amount of base pay, and then 30 different types of bonus, missed lunch, overtime, etc, pay.Until you've been doing it for two tax seasons, we will only be able to use your base pay and rent from the other three units to qualify you.

In the states where I work, square footage by an appraiser would not be a sufficient out of a contract.

Covered the three months of lost rent and TI credit for the new tenant.We could have squeezed  more out of them as they owned other locations.

He bought the house his first year in law school, I paid his mortgage for three years by renting the upstairs apartment. 

After two years of educating myself on the pros and cons of real estate investing I'm three weeks away from my first closing date (February 12th).

If you will not - or cannot - bring capital into a deal, then you need to be able to provide sufficient value that others will ... and will allow you to invest it on their behalf.