* please references only and not self promotion.

Bigger Pocket does not promote or allow such to occur.

I haven't found it necessary to self-promote, as my reputation precedes me, and I'm noticing for the first time this year I am getting a fair amount of traffic via referrals from other tenants prior to posting any ads.

Although I'm not promoting myself as an educator and do not provide any formal curriculum or program, I do foster a "learn by doing" experience from the nature of the JV relationshipI hope this helps to answer your question about the motivation from the experienced investor side.Bob***Moderator note that this reply is to respond to the poster's question and not intended to be a promotion of any of kind***

These agencies have specific directives as government backed entities, one of which is to promote home ownership (as opposed to commercial lending).

They list all their contact info clearly, and project a pretty legitimate image.I'm a property manager and got a spam/promotional-type email from them, saying that they do tenant screening for FREE. 

@Canesha Edwards I admire the attempt at promoting new products but if I ever brought an IPad into a tub with me I would be ordering a new one in the next couple hours.

I've recently gotten a promotion at work and found out the job I'm working for is moving to a new location.

I would be curious to know how many investors are really purchasing residential real estate deals with owner financing...The idea of owner financing in the context of a residential property has always seemed to me to be a bit of an urban legend; something promoted by so-called gurus to new investors hoping to get started buying deals with "other people's money" and no capacity to get a loan from a traditional lender.Let's consider the the most basic version of owner financing:  Buyer agrees to purchase property from seller. 

If your current HELOC lender has an introductory rate you might even be able to raise the limit of your HELOC to enter into that promotional rate and lower it even more.