Why the time crunch?

I am really trying to familiarize myself with the best areas that are landlord friendly, with modest initial buy- ins before I crunch any numbers.

And as an IT projects guys, the planning, number crunching, etc. is easy.

I was planning on buying raw land, and it seemed like you could make a killing by layering over several different uses, including leasing hunting rights and pumping oil and natural gas, or timbering the land.When I crunched the numbers, they always seemed to work out.

That's how crunched all supply chains are right now. 

Theres a lot of variables that will determine the answer to your question..To @Eric P. point, make sure your protecting yourself from surprise costs and really crunch the numbers. 

@Ashly Doran Crunch the numbers with a broker familiar with multi-family properties as a STR or Mid-term rental and the fact you will be renting one of the units.

We can just go with our best educated guesses, crunch the known and guessed numbers against our goals, and decide.

I haven't specifically crunched the numbers, but just wanted to get some opinions.For instance, say I can get the house with $5000 and 20 years at 5% and I could go essentially take the buyers $5000 and then go 25 years at 7%.Another thought is to just do a rent to own type of contract.  

With your financial expertise maybe you could crunch numbers for an investors. lastly you could get a loan since your still working and purchase a couple of single families and be a landlord.hey what do I know Lol just trying to help!!