See if you can negotiate some selling or moving expenses with the company hiring you. 

The least states:"Tenant shall pay a "late charge" not in excess of five (5%) percent of the amount in arrears for each month the arrears remain unpaid if any Rent is paid more than ten (10) days after the due date thereof, to cover the extra expense involved in handling delinquent payments.

Note - if you live in your property for 2 years out of the last 5, then you don’t pay taxes on the profit. 

Buy in an area you want to live and renting to the people you want to rent to.

They just live T get you to apply and paper appraisals.

Any luck on motivating realtors in the area to actually get operating expenses/lease agreements for Jackson County specifically George?

I live in Raleigh and can tell you that the 40% was not all apple. 

Hello Meir,I live and invest in Birmingham area, please DM to connect!

If you’re just starting or want to minimize risk, house hacking is a killer move—grab a duplex, live in one unit, rent the other, and let it pay down your mortgage while you scale up.

Fico while they will look these are not credit score driven loans like those buying rental houses or houses to live in...