(Anything other than a 30 or 15 year fixed is foreign to my family) I'd like to learn about the different financing options and their benefits and shortcomings both in general and with regards to specific types of deals.Learning and networking (duh) Im here to learn from the successes, mistakes and overall experience and expertise of others in the business of real estate and to establish healthy business relationships.Thanks everyone!

If so you need to factor in higher property management fees into your purchase.A classic mistake new investors make is not factoring PM fees in and self managing only to find out later they want a PM.

There are some major and costly mistakes that can easily be made by a new investor that are likely to be avoided working with an experienced agent.  

Can you describe some of the mistakes you made at the beginning of your real estate investing career?

He didn't even think to check on it until the very end of the initial 30 day close.Now I am stuck with a lower LTV, and paying fees to two different lenders for an honest mistake perhaps, on the part of the initial lender. 

I made that mistake early on when I started buying rentals and I regret it now. 

I am sure I have made mistakes that have cost me thousands of dollars.Kyle, do all of your properties have debt? 

The idea is to learn from others mistakes so you don't have to learn from your own. 

The biggest mistake most newbies make is they throw any old thing under contract and expect investors to purchase it.

There must be some mistake here..