Besides REI's question why they must report personal info to a crime-fighting agency when we contribute to the community with safe and affordable housing. 

Is there a way to utilize part of my Traditional IRA funds as a down payment on a SFH investment property without being penalized? 

I am not a W2 employee so constantly limited by my DTI when it comes to bank lending even though I am savvy with saving, house hacking, etc to keep my cost of living down.

How do you protect yourself from having the responsibility to buy the house you were "representing"?

That is a vacation rental that my family and I use for a few weeks out of the year so it is not strictly investment.

As far as her being humiliated in front of her kids, well she should get it together and pay her rent, and her kids should understand that when you don't pay rent as agreed you get kicked out of your rented house.

Investment Info:Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

If you buy a property with 20% down, and the investment appreciates 5% a year and cash flows $200/Mo, in 4 years you'll have made over double the cash you invested.If you're looking OOS, prices in Columbus are still low enough to find 1% rule deals and there's a ton of appreciation happening in this market as well.

Hi everyone, I just started at New Western working with investors to get off market properties to invest in.