If you are just starting out, this is for you:When you buy an investment property, it is treated differently than a house you are going to live in. 

I am a 37 year old high school basketball coach that is not very happy with where I am financially and am seeking a way out of living paycheck to paycheck.

If you are buying to live in, you could also do FHA with a cosigner.

@Malcolm Brown Would something like this fit in your buy box: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/84-Livings...?

You have multiple who do this for a living telling you how it works.

I live on the west side of London and would be happy to connect and learn more about your goals and see what I can do to help. 

So - somewhere 2 hours away, or somewhere you like to vacation in, or where all your family lives, or where you plan to move someday.Too many people are trying to do exactly what you're doing - pick a market based on a formula - and they end up buying a random 'cheap' property thousands of miles away, turn it over to people they've never met or even spoken to, and then... lose money.  

Cost of living increases are real.

Hello BP,My wife and I are looking for some advice on an All Inclusive Trust Deed to sell our house.We bought a mansion up on the bench as kind of a live-in flip in 2021 and are finally as done as we are gonna get with it.

Also, the state of formation is likely where internal disputes would be brought among LLC members, so if you and a partner and/or spouse live in CA, you probably want to arbitrate in CA if the two of you had a disagreement.