We bought foreclosures, and the usually the foreclosing bank provided the mortgages.

I bought my first property (a 4-unit building) with my VA Loan while I was still in the Army and self-managed.

Bought it for $180k 5 years ago as a buy and hold.Developers are putting $400-600k homes on tear-down properties all around it.I looked at tearing down and putting a 4-plex on the lot...not allowed per code.I looked at tearing it down and doing a duplex...after all costs and penalty of interrupted cash flow...bad move.I looked at tearing down and putting two single family homes...bad cash-flow move.It just seems that with a lot so large relative to the size of the home is in such a hot/in-demand area, i should be able to get more cash flow. 

Hey guys, about 4 months ago I bought my first investment property (a duplex), and i currently have it managed by a separate company (for multiple reasons).

This was on a foreclosure at a house I bought at courthouse auction.

As rates go up Prices will soften unless there are factors driving demand (an example is Seattle where my son bought a 3 bed, 1 bath 1300 sf rambler for $650k!

I've recently bought a 1910s duplex in the greater Boston area for a little more than $600k as a house hack. 

I also recently bought his book "Discipline Equals Freedom" and can't agree more with his thoughts.

How many properties have you bought?

I just bought my first batch of bandit signs and currently on the hunt for some good seller leads for a direct mail campaign.