My wife and I are aggressively upping credit score and savings to begin a REI "career".

My wife and I are aggressively upping credit score and savings to begin a REI "career".

You won't have a short term balloon either which gives you time to market the property and not get pressured in to taking a bad offer because you are up against a balloon.

Always be the winner, and bring your contractor before make an offer on the property, or have an hourly agreement for labor and hand them your credit card for materials.Best,

The OC is almost just as bad as the Bay area.  

You can search for free until you get the list tweaked, then purchase with a credit card and download the list.

I have a good accountant already.Also looking for alternative financing.I can offer some very good tips on how to fix your own credit if anyone is interested.I am not a credit repair company.

Mine was a flip turn key property so with these new lower sales and the quicker relocation than I was expecting I would lose 15k just on sale price plus have to take a huge credit hit and lose my VA benefits.

I am going to assume you don't declare that income to the IRS on your tax return and pay the proper amount of taxes on it.If it is not on your last two years of tax returns,you will get no credit for it from the traditional banks and lenders which means you ability to borrow money will be based solely on what little you do declare and have taxed properly.Your savings and checking account s and stock holdings are irrelevant,only your verifiable monthly and yearly income.Your only choice would be a hard money lender at an enormous interest rate.

As others said here, leverage can improve returns in general if you can get cheap money. consistent passive 6% over a decade with low inflation is not bad for many investors.