@Francisca MacOne thing to remember when you are getting into RE investing is to have your team of people or as Brandon Turner from the Bigger Pockets Podcast calls it your CORE 41.

A hard money loan is a type of loan used by people who want to buy houses but can't get regular loans.

I am considering taking the CO/national real estate exam + course hours requirement and becoming an independent broker or associating with a small brokerage (I can see the benefit of associating with a firm experienced in the area and able to bounce ideas off of).

Specifically the course Brent Daniels offers named TTP (talk to people).

Section 8 tenants are very difficult to handle for most people.

But what you can’t afford”Those who think prices will skyrocket again are missing the demand side of the equation in that there is not enough people who qualify in many locations and the numbers would not make sense as rentals.

Idaho is experiencing some price easing because of all the building.

Hi @Nathan PethersOne thing to remember when you are getting into RE investing is to have your team of people or as Brandon Turner from the Bigger Pockets Podcast calls it your CORE 41.

I also want to remove any of my own doubts, since up to this point I've not experienced any personal gain. 

I would make sure you're calling lenders who are experienced with owner occupied multifamily loans.