My feeling was if they lied about Than Merrill being there (they even claimed he'd show up after we'd arrived for the free learning) then why would I fork over money (to them) for a program?

I've been successfully self-employed as a handyman/carpenter since I arrived and I'm excited about getting involved with real estate investing.  

You ran your numbers in reverse (I'm impressed) to arrive at your max offer...and max mortgage (big thing many gloss over). 

Hi @Isaac Chun - how did you arrive at the monthly income and how did you arrive at the purchase price? 

Greetings to all! As a novice investor, I’d like to mitigate risk as much as possible.My questions; Is the RE market cooling down? Is this considered a market correction? Sure, I can buy and hold... but what if the RE...

. , once we arrive in the USA ( will be living in Charlotte NC initially) , we will have NO ACCESS TO CREDIT for at least two years until we build up our credit history  in the US ( credit histories don't transfer abroad).

The assistance is a wonderful thing - arrives like clockwork.The inspections highlight issues with the property I think a landlord should address anyway and I haven't found them onerous.  

I have a general idea since I have prior management skills however   things were already in place when I arrive but I would like to know how to build my maintenance team from a business perspective.  

The USPS has chain of ownership all the way to the IRS.Besides, the likelihood of an IRS check *arriving at an apartment complex box on the very day it is broken into is rather like being struck with lightning.

Thanks, its pretty easy to arrive at a breakeven on any given term / rate structure vs the existing 30 year fixed, 3.25%, with 23 years left on the note.