This isn't the time to play hide and seek.3) You're not shouldering your share of the tax burden even though you have the capacity to do so right now, and your fellow tax payers would like you to take care of this rather than expect us to keep the Govt running while you pump up your personal savings and investing. 

My rentals provide me the long stability as a backup if I had to I could live in one of them.... they also give me some income to offset the high rents in my area and tax deductions I'd see from owning a primary.Maybe once I'm retired and empty nester I'd buy as at that point stability could help.... or maybe it gives me the freedom to move around again.My two best days as a homeowner were the day I bought my house (the American Dream) and the day I sold my house (harvesting my equity and having a major responsibility lifted off my shoulders).

Most families cannot shoulder the burden of doing this, but yes that is viable.Each owner-occupied mortgage you get, you're going to promise at the closing table to move in within 60 days and live there for 12 months.

People see the house price combo, shrug their shoulders, and move onto the next house.  

You also won't get the cold shoulder for being a part time agent - everyone gets the same support, training, tools, CRM, commission split, etc., regardless of productivity level.  

Try a hard money lender if traditional banks are giving you the cold shoulder.

I would say buying a distressed house and depending on someone to fix it up after the sell is a huge risk--a risk that falls 100% on your shoulders. 

It means they can screw people as they are "helping" them, within the limits of the law, and no one is looking over their shoulder.

Mentors are there to look over your shoulder and to stop you from making a mistake. 

I know there are seller disclosures but what's to keep a dishonest or shady seller from shrugging their shoulders and saying "Oh, I didn't know that.