This can be a tall order for many just getting started.Otherwise, one way to get around that is to buy a a new house that you will "house hack" where you live in one side, and rent out the other side.  

A third of our portfolio is affordable housing.

Build a portfolio via serial house hackingDo not build a portfolio via 100% leverage

Housing stock in RI is older, look at the lead laws and see what it would take for your property to comply. 

I do have one who is using a self-directed IRA to purchase a rental that is being rented out as a house share. 

He has even come to my personal house to pick up money and some things I ordered from Amazon to be installed in the property, and fronted some of his own money to keep things moving while I wait for the draw from my lender to clear.

Hi folks I previously posted about a 5 bed 4.5 bath house for sale at 590,000 and has been up for 60 days.

I got voodoo'd by this on the very last house I bought, where I am *certain* the bank would have come down another $2k but the selling agent magically produced another offer that was going to come up $1k from the bank's offer in order to "entice" me to take the bank's "final" offer.

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Hello, my wife and I are looking to buy a house with creative financing.