The person gave a complete application, but failed to also provide the required supplement info such as proof of income (pay stubs and such).

Wanting to buy an investment property is not a good enough answer, but wanting to generate supplemental income in order to pay for school in four years would at least open a conversation. 

Some way to supplement your income faster than savings from your paycheck.

C - already lower household income usually 40k/yr, higher crime, mixed bag of high school and college education. renter density in suburban areas generally higher in the 20%+D - warzone, high crime, sect 8 mostly living on govt programs and supplementing income via not so legit ways (read meth houses, etc).

Best  -- Jim  I think the best solution for grandma would be to sell her property and purchase a small condo and use the excess cash to purchase a managed rental property to supplement her living expenses.

It quickly became obvious to me that buy and hold made the most sense for me because what I want is cash flow to supplement and eventually replace my income.

Typically you would include a down payment, and supplemental payments each month.

I am 63-1/2 and I have a decent pension that I am supplementing with a small monthly disbursement of traditional (taxable) retirement savings.

My goal is to acquire rental properties for passive income to supplement my income.

I have no debt and a well paying job, so I'm ready to start looking at supplementing my income with investing in rental properties.Ideally I'd like to purchase a multi-family home outside of socal that could be managed by someone else with minimal involvement on my part.