A small house or duplex for my grandson, a set it and forget it type of investment.

They just moved out and the house needs some cleaning up.

Building equity in your house is one of the biggest financial advantages of homeownership.

So assuming your son has low debt, then he should be able to qualify for a house in the low $300K range. 

And my final dream is to buy land in my home country to build affordable housing for people there.

My point being, having a reliable team here is a must.Dialing in on what class neighborhood and what kind of property you want is as key as your metrics, especially given that much of our housing stock is ~125 years old --- at least in the city.

The house is valued at 200k asking price of 150K.

We have a great house in houston that is an ideal wrap.

What I've realized is that a lot of these companies that do pay for housing stay in the larger apartment complexes because the companies pay for it.

But they could just buy the house or condo next door and go to cosco and spend $10k making it nice like my wife does.