. - Two single family homes in a community reinvestment act, therefore only require 3% down, get 1% of rate, and receive $6,000 towards closing costs.In order to receive these extremely low down payments, i would have to technically live in the residence for a few months as they do not offer these for investment properties. 

One is our primary residence and the other 4 are used as rental properties.

One is our primary residence and the other 4 are used as rental properties.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

The kids can wreak havoc in a unit so more damage than the avg market-rate tenant. where I worked in Jackson ms and owned a few hundred section 8 houses.. the statistics for the amount of local residents on some sort of assistants is staggering..

I am the BiggerPockets resident STR expert so if you have any questions, give me a shout or jump in the short-term rental forums.

That said, the most money to be made in residential rental real estate is in C/D class housing in areas on the verge of becoming "discovered" and the influx of residents and investment money driving up prices (the equity that makes you rich).

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

If you have a primary residence you can get a HELOC for the down payment.