Regardless of your FICO, you will need cash money to be able to invest in holdable real estate.  

In 3 years I’ve doubled my investment through sweat equity, and when I reached 10 doors I was able to retire my parents with the cash flow.

My friend has advised me to get gap funding for the down payment but Im unsure how that plays into the hard money lender?

If it doesn’t cash flow in this scenario then it was a bad deal to begin with.

Getting those properties for pennies on the dollar, renovating them so they can withstand another 100 years, and fully furnishing them at a 30 day minimum is giving off some solid cash flow!

The rates for a purchase money loan (one where you take the loan out to directly acquire the property) vs when you do a "cash out refinance", which your loan would be if you chose to pay off the line with a loan on the primary residence, it typically done at a higher rate.

Cash flow, long-term appreciation?

My fathers trust stipulates to "divide or distribute property in cash or in kind or partly each"   I am going to take my interest in the property as 1/3 of the property and will be buying my siblings 2/3 interest in the home from the trust.   

Share your thoughts, experiences, or even strategies in the comments section below; then let's get this conversation rolling and make a lot of cash registers ring too!

@Kyle Smith- do you have the cash to be able to do this ?