I look forward to networking and communicating with with everyone in this community.

I was hoping I'd find support for whether or not it would be a good idea to get hard money for a 25% down payment, traditional financing for the remaining 75%, with all profits (rent less both loan payments-HML and traditional financing, prop tax, insurance, and 10% maintenance fund) going to the hard money lender under the loan is paid off. 

., Welcome officially to the forums and the community.

What have other fellow BP community members in similar scenarios elected as next steps?

Real estate is not easy, especially in the beginning, so try to find investors in LI you can work with and see if you can bring deals for them, provide admin support, etc.

I'm looking forward to sharing the knowledge I have and learning different sides of the industry such as buy and hold investing and house hacking from the great community here!  

But the community and if there's growth.

I'm a broker in Indiana and Ohio looking to learn and teach within the community.

I made an offer through my agent at $135k that I felt was supported by the comps.The seller countered at $150K (the max I'm willing to pay), so I countered at $142,500.

@Joshua Sledge Congrats on your success so far and welcome to the BP community!