Pull the trigger!

I pulled the trigger because in my view the benefits outweighed the negatives and it fit what I needed in terms of house hacking, simplicity, and cash return.

I really believe at this point I need to just pull the trigger on my first property.

My idea is to enter into a Lease Option contract with the seller and take over their loan payments without receiving any equitable interest in the property until I exercise my option to buy, so as not to trigger the 'due on sale' clause in the mortgage. 

Linda,Do you avoid triggering the due on sale clause when stating "deed prep only, no title exam conducted" on the face of the deed? 

You can do it creatively, some upfront + payments + back end, with triggers for everything.

A lendor might be talked into something but in general the change of title triggers mortgage releases etc and is a non-starter.  

I've been learning as much as I can over the last few months so I can finally pull the trigger on my first property with confidence.

I'm not quite ready to pull the trigger on investing just yet, but my primary residence is in Middlesex, and my husband and I are considering holding the property and renting it when we move on to something else in the next few years (we got an awesome deal when the market was still bottomed out and now have over $100k in equity when we only paid $200k for it).  

First, make sure a transfer to the LLC  wouldn't qualify as sale to the lender (it might trigger a due on sale clause.)