I’ve been trying to househack for a couple years and it’s not easy in Chicago!!

I came across a couple articles where people would pay themselves with 0% intro rates through paypal and avoid cash advance charges and do this for a couple cards and pay for properties.

When your gut starts telling you how to operate your business take a couple of Tums.

My wife and I have a couple of our "dream" neighborhoods picked out. 

If it’s upside down now at the top of the market how much worse will it be in a couple years during a correction .

This property caught my eye for several reasonsmostly because I drive by it frequentlyit offers a commercial space, apartments, and mobile home lotsit's close to my other investments and where I liveI feel like this is an area ready to grow (it's the non-interstate link from big town to small town)it's not so expensive I can't find a way to do the dealI've been investigating mobile home investing lately, and this is one way to learn thatI don't have a physical office space for my business, and this would lend credibility to my business (and allow me to have high-speed internet, which I can't get currently)I can use an apartment and rent my SFR for morethe mixed use feels like diversificationI wouldn't be surprised to see an investor try to buy this and several other spaces up for a large developmentI see potential in possibly converting the mobiles to tiny houses and increase rents accordinglyI'm not in love with the deal, but a couple of those reasons would sway me to consider a less-than-great deal, for non-financial reasons.The numbers really look not very good, and it looks like a bad deal as it sits, considering I'm adding 1000 in rent increase and no rehab in this scenario. 

Learned that the hard way a couple yrs ago on a deal--- lesson learned Yes?

I have had my eyes on a couple fix and flips and was wondering if I could use the 203k FHA Rehab loan while I have a VA loan?

Most newer investors in the game now a couple years are running around taking money as experts from other nesbys.

So long as you've got good credit & income you should qualify for a loan.On top of that there are a couple exceptions that would allow you to get an FHA loan such as job relocation or family growth.