You can use the VA Renovation loan to purchase a primary residence that you intend to occupy. then you can sell it down the road if you so desire, but you must intend to occupy the property as your primary residence, and you get close to crossing the mortgage fraud line if you buy the home with the sole intention of flipping it.You can't really do a live in flip with the VA loan where you do your own work either, because the VA loan (non-renovation) won't let you buy a trashed house, and the VA renovation loan requires you to use a contractor on the Dept. of Veteran Affairs registry.Hope this helps, I have two articles on BiggerPockets that should shed some more light on the VA loan if you would like to read more!

However, a foreclosure form a mortgage lender is one thing (and not a simple one), but a foreclosure prompted by personal debts or medical debts is an even more tedious and slow affair.   

This is a common denominator within the industry, as many of the most successful investors are coached by others who have already succeeded.Keys to Success As a full-Time Real Estate SyndicatorDiving in and simultaneously performing all of these tasks is an overwhelming affair; the first key to success is to start small and figure out how to efficiently scale your business from there.

Public affairs, journalism, graphic design, photography and videography.The whole nine.

NO ONE knows the full impact of the current state of affairs, and no one probably will know for at least 5 years.Economics is a bit like history: the winners write (and sell) the books, and even then the winners disagree.  

And in the current Tate of affairs, landlords can’t do anything.Therefore, you will have a non paying, frustrated tenant caged in.

Renting an apartment in the area would probably generally better in terms of expense and flexibility.Generally people in RI look for apartments on Zillow and Craigslist but I'd also recommend you contact RISD student affairs and ask what they recommend.

I sympathize- I'm that way myself, but that doesn't stop my neighbor next door who owns a lawncare business and has a love affair with his leaf blower. every. single. day :(You might consider offering to let her out of her lease with no penalty.

He has POA of her affairs so he has the right to sell the property.

Nothing illegal about it.As to the hiding out, I never hide from the public in business conducted, you need to be out there and responsible but it's different as to assets, especially in family or estate affairs as it's no ones business. :)