I don't believe they forgive the down payment amount until you've owned the property for at least 7 years.

@Cody Ford Without having specific expenses and the 4th rent amount I can’t say for sure if I would pull the trigger on this property.

Unfortunately, rents are down, and other listings higher don't mean much unless they get rented for that amount.

Sounds like a good plan, should have plenty of options available.I would be cognizant of any group you talk with on two areas, the location of the property including any potential concerns of it being 'rural', as well as the minimum purchase price and/or minimum loan amounts.

Depending on the state, when someone rents for a certain amount of time, usually 30 days or more, they become long term tenants in the eyes of the law, and they acquire "tenant's rights". 

The real property investment can be repositioned if it proves disappointing in its original form; it can be refinanced or recapitalized if it has too much or too e pensive debt; inflation over time bales out many bad purchases, and finally the investors knowledge, experience and abilities can be leveraged to turn around a cash flow negative property.I’ll provide an exampleThree years ago we purchased a note from a bank secured by two auto repair facilities with a large amount of excess land.  

I may explain that while I’d like to buy/finance/invest in his property, I need to earn a certain return on my invested capital for the given amount of risk, and if not able to earn the return on the subject deal than I will on the next deal.  

I also have ~$20k that I've resigned for the scripted "mishap" that always comes up after purchase...lolI've read a number of other threads and I've seen a fair amount of talk about Ohio.

My clients generally pay 6%-8% of the loan amount if they're working with an HML or PML.

I keep a very healthy amount of reserves to avoid using my insurance unless I have a catastrophic issue.