If I used the 50% rule, and placed my rent in the middle of the range, this prop would be solvent but have minimum cash flow.

I've been investing in the middle Tennessee area now for about 10 years, but just now joining BP.

I am a private consultant for very eminent personnel in the Asianand Middle East region.

It's located across the street from a middle and junior high school.

What works for a upper middle class neighborhood is not going to work for a lower income area.

(specifically the middle of the 3 scores, this is what lenders will use)And how is your Debt to Income Ratio (DTI)?

You might need 100 properties to live a middle class life

John knows FHA financing pretty well I believe, I also believe he does short term deals taking the buyer to an FHA loan, the key to his success (one of them) is understanding what flies for financing.If you're talking about wholesaling a lease-option, the lease being a sandwich lease with you in the middle, I suggest you not begin there.

With more foreclosures hitting the market, renters are putting more pressures on the mainstream complexes and allot of those were lover middle class families that could not afford a house. 

I just recently bought my first investment, in the middle of rehab.