Would it be beneficial to buy a multifamily & rent out dealing with tenants?

:), it takes a lot of work and most of the time I find that the relationship isn't mutually beneficial anyway.

A consult with an attorney may also be beneficial.

Everyone's lease would be useless if buyers at foreclosure sale could just say they are planning to occupy the property.Hopefully you'll be able to work it out with the tenant in a mutually beneficial way.

The credit partner needs some verifiable liquid or semi-liquid assets for reserves.Although these are not needed for the deal to close, they are reviewed for verification use only (bank deposits, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, retirement accounts, cash value of insurance or other).The credit partners, if classified as “seasoned investors” can often participate in up to ten or more transactions per year.

Even a Fidelity account is, strictly speaking, a self-directed IRA, since you can choose whatever stock or mutual fund you want.

That's a return of less than 6%/year.If you had a mutual fund that was throwing off 6%/year you wouldn't be asking about selling, you'd have sold already.So your house is appreciating at less than 6% and your money is probably costing you 6%.

That's why I suggested that you go to another Ohio realtor and have them represent you and write the contract in a way that you think is most beneficial to you.

In addition we have pretty decent financial assets, stocks/bonds,mutual funds.

I have had my eyes on this site for a while but only joined now because I believe I can now bring something to the table for our mutual benefit.