The advantage is that a newer property would likely come with fewer maintenance issues, which can save time and stress.2.

I would buy an investment property with more money down for you, let them live there and manage it, and add their "rent" to an ownership stake over time.

My partner has a stable full-time job, but his photography business is not as steady as he'd like.We're interested in purchasing a multifamily property in either Baltimore, MD, or Hagerstown, MD, to kickstart our real estate journey.

👋  So excited to announce that I have just closed on my first Property, a Triplex in Pittsburgh, Pa.  

Quote from @Colleen Barone: Hi,I am in the process of buying my first investment property and am using a realtor.

You're not sweet talking anyone at a tax sale...that's where the money talks....high bidder is the winner.If you don't have access to money or assets, one thing you might be able to do is go network at the tax sales if you are willing to put in sweat equity to build up cash on your first few deals. 

Wow, that is NOT great, you would get better results from calling the phone book eve on a first pass.

Aside from the responses above regarding the bank likely requiring the 20% funds to be yours, good luck finding any private lender willing to take a second position note on a 100% LTV for any %, let alone a tiny 3%.Now, banks do, at times, allow seller carried back seconds, but unlikely with no skin in the game from the borrower.

First time poster with a 100% LTV deal below a lender's cost of funds for a Fannie/Freddie deal.

One of the questions I hear a lot from newbies trying to do their first STR arbitrage unit is that they can't find landlords willing to try it.