In order to list, you must have "equitable interest" in the property, therefore you must own it or own a contract (that gets recorded!)

•I plan to put 20% down on this new property, which means I’ll be left with about $80,000 in cash after the purchase.Given this scenario, I’m trying to decide whether to pay cash for the second property or continue with the 20% down strategy .

I am targeting homeowners with dilapidated homes that need repair and offering to pay for the rehab and split the profits with them at the end of the project after the sale of the home. Any idea what this would be cal...

I'm not trying to scare you off from real estate.

After sitting on the sidelines trying to get into real estate investing for several years, I have the opportunity to purchase a 1 bed, 1.5 bath home in a desirable part of the California desert.The purchase price is $299,000 with a 7.3% interest rate and 3% down.

You must have honest intentions to move into a home if you're getting a primary residence loan for it.

As both a licensed Real Estate and Mortgage broker I always try to provide my client with at least one lender appropriate for the clients investment purposes and recommend they check in with their current local banking relationship (if from out of the area) for reference. - Pre Approvals & Loan Commitments.

They need you to spend money and you try to save...

I think that is important in case she tries to bring on legal recourse.

My options are to do an owner move in for the non protected tenants and then try to do a ellis act eviction for the protected tenants.