The one thing is an amazing book, along with "Rich Dad Poor Dad", "The 10x Rule" and "The Millionaire Fastlane"!

@Michael Biggs  I think as it relates to most of us BP folks the banks we want to cotton up to are your local community banks owned by your friends and neighbors who are in business to support community business's which is what at some level we all have.I would NEVER use a national bank.. they make money on checking accounts ATMS and stuff.  

But I need to figure out a way to make myself interesting to the experienced partner.talk your custodian you want to make sure you don't violate some of the sidra rules about directly working on the investments  just something to consider in the NPN space.. which is all about work.. 

There is no hard and fast rule and the grading is somewhat subjective, but most people agree with the general definition of why a property may fall into a certain category.

Maybe they have a free and clear home that would cash flow well or make a good flip for you.What other terms would support your goal of getting into the duplex? 

From what I've read a rule of thumb is that for every $100,000 of the price of a home the PMI is $100.

Granted those both look smaller and sold 2 years ago, but would support a value closer to $266k than $390k.

@Mark Roberts - You're referring to the "2 of the last 5" rule, which you seem to understand correctly.

People talk on here a lot about the 1% rule.

You will need to put in about 20 offers to 1 accepted (ish not a rule).