Popular regional vacation destinations tend to have less rules, but not always the case.

I echo what others are saying on here that hiring someone from fiverr or upwork tends to not produce great results long term.

If you are buying this property as a secondary home, a secondary home loan tends to be accompanied by a similar interest rate to that of a primary residence and could result in as little as 10% down.

A local Investor-Agent can help shorten your learning curve and save you a lot of headaches as they tend to understand the market better.Use Niche.com, Greatschools.org, and Msc.Fema.gov for your research.Good luck and make it happen!

Unfortunately, those typically don't have the highest # returns, but they do tend to have good appreciation over time and may have less "hassle factor."

@Amit Desai Unfortunately, rental properties tend to have higher rates because the lender takes on more risk than someone's primary residence.

VA property standards will apply here, and commercial real estate tends to be more beat up than residential in general, and on top of that high vacancy real estate is also almost always beat up real estate that has been poorly managed and maintained for several years.

Yardi's Advanced Budgeting and Forecasting module is wonderful and tends to be more accurate because it builds its forecast on all of your historical data. 

:Might as well go for it most tenants in c class areas are nuts anyway so the extra rent money is icing on the cake  LOL!

And, to be honest, I am not even in the process of looking for a 4+ unit property (yet), which is what this section is referring to, but it drives me nuts when I read something I cannot understand.