Thus easy to manage and low Capex expenditures.     10.  

BiggerPockets is full of resources designed to help you along your journey, whether you are just getting started or a seasoned investor.

I could see fully comping 1-2 nights at low season rates, particularly if one doesn't have a lot of reviews yet, but would you, as an established host with tons of reviews, comp a full week or more of a prime season stay? 

I can though pick out a disgruntled low level Employee though or a Shill/Troll. 

Memphis has a relatively low cost of living, and that’s reflected in the property prices.

Does not appear to be low IQ person to me .

Meet with a local banker & schedule a time to talk with a mortgage broker, they'll give you at least a baseline of what kind of down payment options and rates are out there.After that, if you're still wanting to research more creative options, do some looking into seller financing (a very hot topic with good, and bad, advice out there), look into private lenders, and commercial financing options.If you're wanting to live in 1/4 of your quadplex, then conventional residential loans may in fact be your best option as you can purchase that with a fannie/freddy loan with very low down, and use up to 75% of the income from the property toward your own income. 

"Good" areas will be priced high, "Bad" areas will be priced low. 

You can make a low-ball offer on a small non-performing 2nd, that might about to be wiped out at the foreclosure of the first and then negotiate with the owner before auction and buy it ahead of time. 

The fact of the matter, as @Jay Hinrichs said, is that it *is* an either or proposition at least in the season of growth.