Im trying to think of other creative ways to minimize my cash investment.

You'd be looking at creative financing to get it done.

You said this was an estate sale, well creative deals take creativity.

Learn how to analyze th a property, and then find creative ways to get the downpayment you need if you don't have it all yourself.

Not according to this story:https://www.redfin.com/blog/2018/03/bay-area-music...Get creative: make your kids draw up something heart-warming for the sellers, as well as utilize any of your artistic abilities that you may or may not have.  

Does anyone have any creative ideas regarding materials and/or construction techniques to avoid the plain vanilla vinyl skirting?

However I'm ready to take my abilities, knowledge, creativity and capitalize on it by making it work in the world of real estate.Goals: Putting together a plan, find a lender, buy a fixer upper, network, and BRRRR baby!

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There are lots of creative techniques, but I ultimately believe most new investors take the simple and cheap route - put down 20-30% and get a loan from a bank.

I've had most of my experience in the historic realm and that's a very interesting asset type given the creative ways to structure the financing.