I have been exploring programs that assist with this, but they are very expensive

Originally posted by @David Barnett:I'm not familiar with the NACA program, however, we have what appears to be a similar program in Massachusetts that seems to have similar flavors. 

See the chart from Fair Isaac Company (FICO) below: FICO Score Pct of Population Default Probability 800 or more 13.00% 1.00% 750-799 27.00% 1.00% 700-749 18.00% 4.40% 650-699 15.00% 8.90% 600-649 12.00% 15.80% 550-599 8.00% 22.50% 500-549 5.00% 28.40% Less than 499 2.00% 41.00% Source: Fair Isaac CompanyAccording to this chart, investors should use corresponding vacancy + tenant-nonperformance factors of approximately 5% for Class A rentals, 10% for Class B and 20% for Class C.To address Class C payment challenges, many industry "experts" are now selling programs to newbie investors about how Section 8 tenants are the cure.

It's not podcasts, mentorship programs, and hype.Okay, I agree 80%.  

He's our fractional TIC program manager.

I am looking into 3 different programs I have come across that caught my interest.

I used (use) a bookkeeping program to keep track of every transaction and every mortgage whether or not I would be doing my own taxes.

I'm new to real estate investing and I was wondering if anyone tried Bill Halver Pipeline program and been successful in doing deals

Has anyone out there done this before and perhaps have a list of lenders they could share that do this type of loan program, or are there any lenders reading this right now that do this? 

There are first time homebuyer assistance programs like WSHFC that you can get into a house for pretty much just the closing costs- could be just $6k - $25k up front cash to close on a $500k house.