We generally either had jobs for lending or had cash around for investments but that has been light lately.

Not so expensive a few months ago, but I had a security door installed, and they did not do a good job.

Who'd want to live there unless they had to for their job?

It is completely irrational to hope for a loan of that size for a borrower with pristine credit, good job, and say, 10% or less?

Every rehab we do, one of my first jobs before the wife starts painting is to hit all the walls with drywall mud and cover over the scratches and holes.

This will give you a realistic view of his day-to-day job managing his empire.

Once you've have bids for some job, such as replacing a hot water heater, you can use that for future work.

And they take marketing to get the right kind of Tenant Buyer: Attitude toward Home Ownership strong; low Debt to Earnings Ratio; willing to work on credit and increase income (2nd job, etc); paying for minor maintenance.

I recently got a job so that I could at least get a mortgage, and I am working out something with my siblings so that we could all go in on one, then the next and so on.

If you are just starting out you will be studying, learning, and running your whole business yourself...if you are full time, this is easily a 12 hour a day job (depending on how motivated you are).Once you get your sytems and infrastructure in place, it's just a few hours a day (if that) making sure everything is running smoothly.