I probably wouldn't want to use a DSCR loan then, because my interest rate on the multi-family is much lower than the current rates. 

But I do not buy bottom barrel properties in bad locations (busy roads, crime, eye-sore views) instead I focus on making a property one that the average modern family will want. 

My ultimate goal is to save up enough money to invest in a fix and flip property(which my family has been doing for a while) and live in it, until I rent it out and use the equity for another home.For any real estate agents or professionals in general, how do you find consistant deals?

start with one piece of land for one single family or a smaller development. or get the buy box of larger developers. why would they need to partner with you when they can do it on their own or find someone more experienced?

I am still new to real estate investing and I'm eager to begin my real estate investing journey and build general wealth for me and my family via real estate.

Would it be a bad idea to buy a single family home built in mid 1930's?

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I hope to invest in a SFR or small multi-family unit (i.e. house hack) at our next assignment to dip my toes into real estate investing.

My grandfather used this truth to subdivide & sell most of his farmland in rural MA and sustain his family comfortably over the years.  

In north/central NJ, 95% of serious arms-length real estate deals (i.e. not wholesales or  family/friend), attorneys will be assisting.