I was talking with a mortgage broker last week and he was telling me that a co-signer can only be a family member and on a primary residence.

Our first investment will be turning our primary resident into a short term rental. 

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

You might need to fund that, either with a higher purchase price, or something creative.Otherwise, there are no other options that would allow you to qualify to buy this as a primary residence.

I bought my first house 1 year ago as my primary residence.

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There's no one (theoretically) living on the parcel--no improvements that would allow someone to make the parcel their residence.

Based in New York, my work-life spans across New York City and Long Island while I reside in Mount Vernon, Westchester County.I’m diving deep into real estate investing, working on building my knowledge first and my portfolio later.

I say area because my wife and I reside in Fort Mill, SC and are looking forward to getting serious about REI. 

The landlord responded that the lease was not subject to the Rent Adjustment Program since the rental was for “sole use of one or more rooms and shared use of common areas (such as a kitchen) in the residence,” which was a single-family home.In its decision, the court focused on the definition of a “dwelling unit” as used in the exception found in Civil Code section 1954.52(a)(3)(A), which provides that “an owner of residential real property may establish the initial and all subsequent rental rates for a dwelling or a unit about which the following is true…It is alienable separate from the title to any other dwelling unit….” .