It feels great to be back after several months. 

I have 1 week off and several family members coming into town starting tomorrow to help us re-landscape and repair, all of which I’m doing out of pocket so we can just move on.  

@Christopher Polanco I am an Architect and have worked with several local contractors.

I would only suggest hard money after you have performed several deals and are familiar with all costs and potential rehab surprises that can be encountered.

Have they done the before several time and what was the out come?

To my fellow military men and women, as well as anyone else with any insight...I’m looking to buy my first rental property, but I have a 6 or 7 month deployment coming up in several months.

Hello James,I am retired USCG.I have used my VA Loan twice now and its an amazing tool to get property with very little money down and start gaining that equity.It has been amazing at how my wife and I went from being first time home buyers to now owning several properties in Oceanside.

I've helped many out of state people understand the area, including several from SoCal.

I have seen several doors open since joining myself.

We on the other hand, had high W2 incomes, but to make some deals, especially in NYC, you got to show can put a lot down, even to the buyers, not only the banks.The problem came several years later, when we tried to refi to get better interest rates, cash out somewhat and maybe buy even more properties.