I dont think I can stomach being a 50 year old intern.Keenly interested in what my mentor brothers @Joffrey Long and Joel Owens have to opine!

Leveraging against a material asset is much easier to stomach (especially if it's cash flowing!)

Rents for 2bd/1ba that are similar in that part of town go for 650-850 and 2% puts me around 618/month, so I am getting the butterflies in the stomach about this number crunching...hoping it will pan out.

She may say she's cool to do "whatever is best" now, but that may change once she (and you for that matter) gets a first hand taste of what "whatever" entails, and it may be late in the game to change at that point, so the sooner you can drill down to those details, the better ... and always remember my young friend "happy wife, happy life".If it were me and my fiance (who is now my wife), given our temperament, goals, and the current state of the market, we would likely choose to move in together in 1/2 of the duplex, rent, or move in with the folks if we could stomach it (which we could not) to minimize costs and risk, save like crazy, search out amazing deals to flip (but don't buy until/unless the deal was amazing), and wait for the market to correct to pick up another primary residence, bought like a flipper but with the long term intention of turning to a rental after living there.

Deal with important stuff immediately.The small things that add up are much easier to stomach when you get a better price because of it.  

I'm guessing the family would have dealt with this before they put it for sale if it was easy or if they had the stomach for it.  

IMO, it seems most folks get bigger eyes than they're stomachs can handle and always look to leverage.

Point is - get over those butterflies in your stomach that are preventing you from walking right up to people and talking to them about the solution(s) you offer.You need a business card and or brochure to give people so they have a way to understand what you do and how to reach you at a later time.  

Don't have the stomach for that.

I know I have the stomach to go into or near the "war zones" (as does my husband) to not only invest but proactively transform the neighborhood.