Hey!!! I have religiously listened to the BiggerPockets Pod cast for a long time and even read some of the books. Today, i have finally joined and looking to learn and connect.Alex

A license does not make you an investor.

I'm a broker, but also an investor.

And it also depends on whether you are disabled or not.If you are just buying a home to live in and not invest, then I believe it's best to put at least 5% down if you can, since you won't need to save money for future down payments.As a general rule, as an investor, cash is king.

Some include 1) there are many more owner occupied home buyers than investor RE purchasers 2) adding small units in small counts is the most expensive development 3) it detracts something from the primary even if it is just yard.  

Quote from @Chi Zhang: I've spoken to my CPA about this and he said it is extremely hard to meet the qualifications, and most investors have enough deductions that this deduction isn't worth trying to achieve.

As for going back to work, I had a very successful investor tell me that you need to have constant cash in the beginning of your REI career.

Selfishly started looking for flips or BRRRR projects where we can use these incentive to our advantage and found out there are many investors already doing that.

Hi fellow real estate investors, We have a home under contract that appraised above the purchase price.

I personally have one property that I purchased in 2017 that’s built some equity but I’m definitely an amateur investor.