Combine that with living on as little as possible, and you will find that you can build yourself out of needing that W2 much faster.

An additional 1.04 million people applied for benefits last week through a temporary federal-relief program, pushing the combined total for the week to 2.35 million.

Either the expected rent is way high, property taxes low for an investment property, or a combination of other factors.

Owner occupied (3.5% down), second home loan (10% down), partner with another investor to reach a combined 20-25%, talk to small community banks. 

I was surprised to have found a few of these in my local area and was able to leverage one recently combined with seller payed closing credits to get into a property no money down. 

Hey Gerald - most hard money lenders will front the entire acquisition + rehab costs and you have to cover 20% of that combined cost as a 'down payment'.

Purchase Price is $320k, combined rent is $3,170, assuming 8% vacancy, 5% capex, and $50/month for maintenance Managing the property myself.

SoCal alone has more housing value than Texas and Florida combined.

If you are willing to do some work and earn your sweat equity, you can combine renting out rooms with a cosmetic live-in flip to take advantage of the appreciation we usually see in this market.Good luck!

I'm having trouble combining the effects of inflation that has already occurred vs what your anticipation for the future is.Thanks in advance!