It was very complete, and prepped me to easily pass the exam on my first try in 45 minutes (vs. 4 hours allotted).Customer support was good, and the material all seemed current.  

If you already own a personal residence then say buy a few single family rentals, you could easily use your first four conventional loans which are the easiest to get and offer the best rates and wind up with only 3 units.

The biggie in CA is the possibility of a creditor claim by Medi-Cal (DHCS) that could easily exceed the total amount of equity in the estate's primary asset, the property that you are trying to buy.As if that black box isn't enough, you need to be aware of the lawsuits between heirs.

Try a local Credit Union, no prepayment penalties and might be able to deal with these small loan balances more easily than a commercial or community Bank.

You can easily get deals at 80% of current market value and that is not a super deal at all.3) If you are really trying to save money with a rental and you have cash (like I think you do from other posts), you should buy under market value with cash AND getting a loan from a friend (such as giving YOUR money to friend to loan to you) closing and THEN refinancing. 

I will be back in Southern California in a few weeks and I definitely want to expand my business in CA.

My house fit the criteria, and his company was in the middle of expanding so I pitched him the idea over the phone.

Troy, we aren't currently expanding our portfolio due to other expenses in our lives, but we still have the properties we initially bought.  

I have observed that it is common for homeowners in the area to rent out a basement, so i have adjusted my search accordingly for my primary residence, and i am going to expand my search radius to find the multi-family Im looking for. 

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