I ask if they are US citizens or green card holders, and I ask for past addresses for the past 5 years as well as any other names they used in the past (maiden name, nickname, etc).

We would have bought a duplex and rented out the other side but didn't know that was in the cards for us when it was.

From our experience with clients, you’d typically expect to pay around $1,000–$1,500 for a single-property return, depending on your situation.If that $6K includes monthly bookkeeping and accounting, it could be reasonable; it could also be low, or high... it all really depends on the number of transactions, bank/credit card accounts, and the complexity of your finances.

Then there you go.One thing I am looking to try to do but haven't done yet is buy something with zero down on seller finance, put the rehab on a 0% credit card, then refi the seller off in 12 months and pay back the card. 

I would try not to tie up any of the principal in down payments.Personally, I had a family member do this same thing, but they used an investment portfolio as the collateral instead of real estate.If you play your cards right, this might be the only short-term money you ever need.Please let us know what you end up doing.

We own 3 other rental properties that have a 6.5%-7.5% APR, and no credit card debt or any other high interest debt to pay off.

I'm 53, married with 2 kids less than 17 years old with debt only from purchases on credit cards and my home.

So an investor buys the property, you pay them a down payment for the lease option then pay rent for a year and after a year you have option to buy it.What makes this challenging is the lease option payment would probably need to be around 20% of the purchase price but it sounds likeyou do not have it. maybe moving is just not in the cards.

My MIL owns a floral business and apparently the credit card she uses for her business is keeping her from refinancing.

I’ve bought some houses with 0% interest for a year credit cards and a few with consumer lines of credit from banks.