DM me your email and I can connect you with the organizer.The group discusses buy & hold real estate, both single family and apartments. 

Prior to my experience with Safeguard Capital Partners, I was a buyer of distressed multi-family properties in my immediate neighborhood in St.

I actually have a wholesale oppurtunity on a multi-family Four-plex that I just promoted on the "Real Estate Classified" section of the Bigger Pockets website!

if you are worried about vacancy, then multi-family is what you should go for.

Was it included as a credit/debit on the HUD so it should have reduced your cash to close? 

My client recently purchased a 3/2 single family house for $160k that was near turnkey and already rented at $1900/month and in a very desirable residential neighborhood!

This.Also, if you were the tier 1 worker bee at a relocation company who wants to get a family housed, happy and as quickly as possible, would you accept the word of a guy who sells a course to new-to-MTR investors that "here is Eli; please send him all of your business.

That said, tenants sometimes push for alternative solutions, as in your case.Here’s what I’d suggest:Broaden Your Marketing ApproachFebruary and March can be slow months for leasing in family-oriented communities, but it’s not impossible.

Some programs will do the full LTV that a long term rental would have and some lenders will reduce the LTV by 5%.

This would help reduce the amount needed for a bridge loan to fund the acquisition and renovate the four vacant units.