Hi All,As I look at my options to finance my first RE deal, I was researching the early withdrawal penalty from TSP (Federal equivalent to 401K) and just learned that I can take out a TSP loan with no penalty, no tax impact and just have to pay it off with interest (seems to be 4-5% range right now) within 60 months. 

Plan on living there between 1-2 yrs while making improvements, and renting out other parts of the house if possible.  2 years for tax benefits, 1 year for lender obligation before you move on to another purchase.

I want to avoid F&F but given that I don't have a track record yet, it seems F&F will be the right way to go...

Hello for a beginner investor, which type of investment would you recommend, tax liens or mortgage note investing.

So many are misinformed on what S8 does and how it does it.It's our tax dollars, so S8 is NOT looking to place low-income tenants (S8) in Class A properties.

You may not include income earned that is not on a tax return, an administrator or PHA may consider additional income in that household, a teenager may mow lawns or receive child support that may influence funds available to that household. 

Since this is my first property purchase ever, I wonder how escrow accounts, etc for property taxes would work.  

Being able to 1031 it into something larger would pay great dividends down the road, not to mention starting a fresh a depreciation cycle on your tax cycle. 

I have a loan broker who can help with 2nd position mortgages and I would only look for properties with high loan balances to avoid that scenario altogether. 

The agent I’m working with has mentioned that it’s best to do 20% down because then I can avoid PMI.