When they realize what a pain it is to sell a plex the traditional route, they will probably come back to ya.Concern #2 is buying with someone your not married to.  

A traditional renters policy probably does not cover the horse exposure.

I've researched enough to find Hard money lenders who only require a 10% dp versus the traditional 20% for conventional.

Some of my other interests include: traditional clay sculpting, science, amateur prop building, literature and writing, crafts of all sorts, animal fostering, hiking, horror movies, music, laughing (a lot), yoga and plant-based cooking.

It sounds like a genius way to cut out the bank and get more affordable lending then hard money but a little higher then traditional.

Traditional Financing - Under your name by putting X% down based on one's credit etc.2.

Hello All,I purchased my first investment property using traditional financing (Bank of America).

Amaf,It will be challenging to qualify for traditional financing on a 100% vacant building.Originally posted by @Amaf J.

@Eric ClifftI love the fact that you are methodically & creatively designing your marketing strategy.Direct mail marketing traditional results dictate that response rates should be higher on a piece addressed to a specific person vs. anything that may resemble junk mail like a general mailing to "resident" or equivalent.However, higher response rates do not necessarily=higher profit.Run a split test on both methods to determine the profitability of each lead, not just response rate.  

After you do a couple of those, you will have the equity you need to target rehab-and-keep tax sale properties, or the equity for a more traditional real estate purchase.