Christian OsgoodCEO, Multifamily Strategy · CEO at Multifamily Strategy

You DO NOT NEED Money to start in Real Estate

19 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this excerpt from his YouTube video, Christian Osgood explains that entering real‑estate investing does not always require personal capital. He describes actual "zero‑down" transactions where the down payment was $0, the loan was structured as interest‑only, and the property’s cash flow covered those payments, meaning no money was raised or contributed by the investor. He stresses, however, that this approach is not universally applicable; not every deal can be done without capital. The key takeaway is that while money is not a mandatory entry requirement, investors must understand the specific conditions that allow for no‑money‑out‑of‑pocket deals.

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If you're feeling like no money down or you don't need your own money is misleading, it's not just, oh, you have to have someone else's money. We've done actual zero down deals. Like you literally did not need any of your own money. The down payment was zero. The payments were interest only. The property paid for the payments. There's no money. We didn't raise any money. We just bought the darn building. You literally do not need money to get into real estate. Does that mean you can do every single deal without raising any capital or having any money? Absolutely not. But you don't need that as a requirement to get into real estate. We've done deals with no money out of pocket from anyone. What?