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Specifically, for the strategy I used, I did have to have quite a bit of money saved up ($90k) and that was from yrs of saving before, during and after the military.Before I even knew about house hacking and 4plexs and the VA home loan I was building my credit just because and just saving nearly my whole paycheck while I was living in the barracks, eating the food in the DFAC (Chow hall), no expensive toys and even after my contract ended I moved back home and lived with my dad for free and continued saving nearly my whole paycheck while I was working for AZ DOC as a Corrections Officer. basically, just keeping my expenses as low as possible and stacking cash away so I could take advantage of opportunities.So, it would behoove you to do the same and keep your expenses low, don't go into debt buying an expensive doodad like a $40k car, and a bunch of bad debt, and take advantage of one of the greatest loan products on the market!!

I am looking at a 2.2 million complex and with only capital of half the down payment for 20%, curious if there are loan products to bridge the gap or make a larger purchase more realistic (minus getting additional funding).Thank you!

@Tony Pham A lease is not valid if no money has been paid.

You make a valid point and im still on the line of whether I am going to FSBO or go with a  Realtor.  

Hi Albert,Thank you very much for your candor and validating my very basic understanding of the situation.

You might find a commercial product that will allow for less down (generally you have to have a track record to get those products). 

So you'd either need to refi the Miami property (not a bad idea considering where interest rates are and the ability to shed PMI) or use another loan product in LV.

While I’ve dropped production to 20-30 transactions per year, and try to hand off as much of this as I can to the other agents in my company, this is still my main source of income and how I support my family.

I had so many issues with August, that I have committed to never buy any of their products ever again.