An investor I was speaking to has all 1 bedroom units and he says he frequently gets calls for people wanting 2-3 beds.

In my humble opinion I would use your VA loan for the four plex and have property management run it for you, especially since we know how frequently our military gets moved around.

I'm curious to know how many rentals those of you that frequent this forum own.

I’ve been doing this for a while now and frequently meet with two or three others before the meeting.

In contrast to conventional mortgage products, which frequently require downpayments of 10 percent or more of the purchase price of the home, single-family mortgages insured by FHA under Section 203(b) make it possible to reduce downpayments to as little as 3 percent.

With my design backgound and her marketing degree, hopefully we can turn real estate investment and selling into a more frequent endeavor.

Perhaps you are looking through myold posts where I mentioned that I frequently negotiate for the realtors?

However he does post here frequently.

Perhaps a thread entitled FAQ (frequently asked questions) and post the most commonly asked and answered questions in one thread.You could create subcategories for this, such as a FAQ for newbies, and a FAQ for seasoned investors.

You'll consistently have one vacancy out of the eight, and will bump into troublesome tenants more frequently, too.