Another perk of renting to families vice single professionals in their 20s (generic Arlington demographic) is that they will generally treat your property better, and are likely to give you much lower turnover rates.

Is a bank offering the money better than private lenders, or vice versa?

The tough part of this deal is the acquisition (I know I'm Captain Obvious here!)

It would not be a good partnership if you want to invest for appreciation while your family wants cash flow, vice versa. 

Lastly, get on the HOA board as a treasurer, secretary, Vice President, etc.

“Getting dollars to landlords is imperative,” said Debra Carlton, executive vice president of the California Apartment Assn., which represents rental housing owners.

Options include:If the investor purchases a multi-unit property, he can live in one unit and rent out the others.If the investor purchases a single-family home, he can rent out however many bedrooms he is not using.If the property has an additional dwelling unit (sometimes called an accessory or auxiliary dwelling unit), the investor can live in the main unit or vice versa.

Find out your block captains and see what the feel on the streets is

Amongst the least savory of consequences is that our credit scores may be tied together for the length of the loan; meaning if I miss a bill, then my partner's score is affected and vice versa.

We state the same as above and tell them about the footsteps project we began where the street crimes unit, drug task force and vice units have direct feed to our cameras to monitor the activity.