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Owner financing doesn't make this a deal, it just sets you up for foreclosure when you can't refi, based on the Real performance of the properties, 2-3 years down the line.

I am in the process of buying my first rental property I have the opportunity to use a VA loan or use FHA loan the question that I have is which one would benefit me more?

I have one right now here in Oregon we actually had to sue for performance we gave a huge deposit which the lady kept and spent and then she would not sign the deed I have had 6 figures sitting in escrow ready to close since last May..

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Perhaps you might cull the worst performers from your portfolio and replace them with better performing properties.Just some ideas.

So all these beginner posts and stuff say that you can get started with no money, which sounds too good to be true.

(Btw, Though I truly feel that carlton's course is one of the most comprehensive beginners course, he was still guilty of the gurus dirty little secret.

A natural person, a corporation through its officers, a partnership through its partners or a limited liability company through its members or managers that deals in selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting, leasing, managing or pledging the person's or entity's own property, including cemetery property and membership camping contracts, and that does not receive special compensation for a sales transaction or does not receive special compensation or other consideration including property management fees or consulting fees for any property management services performed, if the majority of an officer's, partner's, member's or manager's activities do not involve the acts of a real estate broker, cemetery broker or membership camping broker as defined in section 32-2101.Turns out my colleague got bad information from a local lawyer.

It is no wonder that flipping is the number one choice for getting started among beginners, but let's not forget that there are a few drawbacks to flipping.