And drive across the state line and gas instantly drops $1+ per gallon.

Our guests know we will respond almost instantly if something comes up during their stay.

We instant take action when we witness a rule a violation, like unauthorized guests.

That is how I came across BiggerPockets, I instantly was captured about the topic of renting out houses and house hacking.

ahhh yes more policy to make it tougher on landlords...who by the way delayed instant gratification to save up to invest their hard earned money into a property in order to provide a roof for someone, who in turn doesn't want to (some can't) delay instant gratification, all with the goal of earning a little return for investing.  

Still open to the idea, but trying to come up with additional creative options to finance my first home.Numbers aside, the idea would be to purchase a multi-family property using my own funds/FHA loan, receive private funding for the rehab, create instant equity in the property with the rehab, and re-finance after 12 months into a traditional mortgage and pay back the private lender plus interest.

However, the thing that makes it worth it to at least pursue is the potential to have instant equity if he really does sell below market value and my knowledge of the property.

Now for years now I'd been looking to find a way into real estate investing and I instantly saw this as a unique opportunity to utilize the BRRRR method.

In reference to your topic I started off locating absentee owners and it was a roller coaster it requires a lot of research because when you find someone who acts like they want to do the deal they are never 100% honest about the house and whose connected to it, and always remember when someone walks always from a house that's never good you are instantly looked upon as the person who can fix it all.

If you are frugal, however, the long term health costs of eating a instant Ramen rich diet, which includes both long term medical costs and quality of life considerations, make them potentially very expensive.