That is the route I would likely choose myself.  

Choose your own.

It is by far the most popular with my clients, and the yes PPP you choose will benefit you in which rate you get.

It really depends what loan product you choose.

1) It is hard to say which strategy or financing to choose but I believe the first step should be getting pre approved and seeing what you can afford and start narrowing down your options maybe you can’t afford large multifamily or don’t have the capital for a rehab on a BRRRR so something like a single family or small multi family would make more sense. 2) Figure out what strategy you are comfortable with, you mentioned you had a wife for example, maybe house hacking a duplex (living on in unit and renting out the other) will be more comfortable than house hacking the basement of a single family. 3) As for financing, get pre approved see what you can afford and maybe you only have enough for FHA 3.5% down and closing cost, I don’t know the Spokane Washington market.

@Derek JanssenCan you explain how that works for you (what it looks like from your end) and what information led to you choosing or developing that way?

I've mentioned a few times where Cozy has an issue in that they don't permit you to choose which payment types you will accept. 

A significant number of immigrants choosing this area to settle have done quite bit to help turn the area around since the market crash.

They can only loan in certain states and their investors choose whether  to lend on a particular project after you wasted a lot of time and money for appraisals. 

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