For comparison purposes, I hold ownership units in a LLC that owns a retail/service center where there is a mortgage loan that initially represented 50% of value, now about 35%.  

You now don't seem like the type of person most of us would accept a recommendation from.

I’m looking into purchasing a property at auction.

A large part of my work day was selling the courses and assisting the students.Learn By DoingNote and real estate investing is a learn by doing business.

Owner/Occupants want function and style.Investors perhaps more numbers focused...probably want numbers to work day 1.Owner/Occupants....they'll stretch to make the numbers work....what can we cut to make our dream home work for us.Personally I don't think either thinks about exit strategies too much or maybe even not enough.I would say Owner/Occupants way way more focused on cosmetics and less about maintenance. 

@Jerome Boudreaux what lenders probably won't tell you right now is the BIGGEST benefit of your VA loan is an assumption! 

Was something mitigating the noise at that time that you could use now?

People always long for the days of yesteryear and idolize the past. 

And I'm shopping on preforeclosures right now.

In San Francisco, SB-423 eliminates the 311-neighborhood notification requirement for projects with 2 or more units, removing a major limitation for developers.