I'm looking for someone I can share my vision with,  and is willing to teach me the essential strategies,  etc.  

Essentially, the plan is to buy (between 6-10 units) and slowly renovate each unit every couple months.  

Hello BiggerPockets, happy Sunday!So I joined last week and made my introduction. I was warmly welcomed into the community with positive and encouraging responses, which I thought was awesome.Many recommendations were...

Essentially, its fairly seem less but there are some things to keep in mind.  

@Moshe Eisenberg, it essentially is a risk/reward tradeoff.

That being said, if you were to qualify for an FHA loan (which allows you to put less than 20% down but you would pay a monthly mortgage insurance amount), you would essentially be spending your entire "nest egg" on a down payment.

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I have an auto attendant system that fields the balance of the call.It is a big savings and, i believe an essential part of investing to manage your own property.

When speaking with my broker, he said never mentioned this was possible, and essentially said I had to qualify with either my personal income or actual rental income. 

Our option is essentially a glorified catastrophic plan with a few "covered" doctor visits per year thrown in.