This isnt on FHA, of course, but there are lots of loan programs out there.The money is out there, but the people that have it sitting around not doing much are usually very risk averse.

We have something in common : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I also have a computer programming education background (MCS) Regardless, welcome to BP

You'll look more attractive to lenders going forward, when you show a track history of being a landlord.My suggestion is it to purchase a Multi Family using the FHA program which is only 3.5% down.PSThis is my 50th post!!!!!!

My goal is to be a agent, and get more involved into investing into properties.

I am so desperate to get back into the game, I have bids in on 3 different teardowns, two of which I have know business getting involved in, and my offers will be refused some time early next week.

I used to think of the army of Guru Graduates as a real pain in the tuchus as they often mess up good potential investment opportunities when they couldn't close on deals that they had first mover advantage on (for a long variety of reasons, most of them involving unrealistic leverage).

I was sitting here brainstorming ways to apply some of the outsourcing principles to my involvement as a new investor and thought I'd go public, since many minds are always better than one.So far I have a small list going, but would love to hear if you all have any other ways you have put either outsourcing, or any other 4HWW (muse creation, 80/20 rule, etc.) into your real estate businesses.Here's what I've come up with so far:Virtual Assistant (VA) tasks:screening MLS for potential dealsyellow letter campaignsGoogle Adwords tracking and implementationmanaging tenant screening process (background checks, tenant checks, etc.)tracking down absentee property ownersgenerating a list of every commercial building owner in your towncollection and aggregation of data in due diligence process for a commercial purchaseresearching cash buyers in targeted markets identifying common expense items in a new market (trash, electric, water, property tax rates, etc.)What else might make sense?

Is it the programming side of things (Java C# Python etc) or is the A+, Network + fixing hardware and software side of things?

I consider myself business savvy and find myself aware of many things involving business transactions that the average person would overlook.

I guess my biggest question is what are some other investment options that do not involve lots of cash?