Wife worked at the time so that helped on first home. 

Much of the negotiations during due dilligence depend on demand for that specific property- hopefully your agent has build leverage in to your contract that they can use to help you with this piece. 

•Take your time, do your due diligence, and make sure it aligns with your long-term investing goals.Hope this helps!

That will be the best spot to meet an investor friendly agent in person or at least meet other investors in your markets that can help connect you to the right agents.

Thanks again for any help on this. 

Happy to connect and help on your journey 

Since your first house hack will cash flow when you move out, that helps balance the risk.

Ohh but wait most of you on here all probably well off and can afford to help out a relative.The other issue with SCI is that when they first took over their maintenance of the park was poor at best (snow plowing, grass mowing).

There is no set time for the county to foreclose on the property via a tax sale, according to this article purchasers of the tax lien certificate have to wait 5 years, as the owner has a redemption period after the tax sale, so you could be waiting a while, and if I'm not mistaken, you have to pay the taxes each year until the 5 year period is over, then you have to file for a deed or file a lawsuit to quiet title.https://smartasset.com/mortgage/how-to-buy-tax-liens-in-cali...Hope this helps,Dustin

Thank you to @Owen Rosen for helping me with the insurance on this one.