Hi @Kevin Galang ,One way to save time acquiring your deal would be to buy them from a wholesaler that finds genuine deals.Talk to @Jason Bobbitt , his firm sells pre-rehab properties and I'll be going to him once I go out of state (Minnesota) next year.

I decided to fully cash out my Thrift Savings Plan (retirement fund) and pay the entire balance on my credit card.

As I am not sitting on much for a saving s account...The kicker here is my mom is willing to co-sign and put up a down payment to help me get started.

Hopefully you have factored into your numbers savings for repairs and CapEx stuff... to me, *that* is your warranty.

Am somewhat handy  so would rather install myself and save a buck.

Our current savings is about $140,000 cash.I've been working with a real estate agent to buy a house and decent homes on the MLS are $550,000-650,000 even when they are being bought back by the bank!

Feel like when i dont do it right the first time i have to come back and continue to do the stuff i skipped the first time trying to save a buck and i think will pay off in the long run.

. - I'm the appraiser...).We have nearly saved up $140,000, which happens to be about 20% for the new listing.

Saving 50% or more of each paycheck will help put you in a position of financial strength so you can wholesale or buy your first property or anything else for that matter.

However, I’m having trouble finding how to allocate my money to build a financial base while making a move towards buying my first investment property.I’m newly debt free with 10k in savings and able to save 50% of my income.