Offering a rent-free period helps the seller stabilize, but what happens if they still can't afford rent when the time comes?

Here's an easy prompt for it:Please calculate how much I can afford for a duplex using FHA current guidelines of debt to income ratio, with one side being rented currently for "XXXX" amount.  

So I have my house that refinanced in 2020 for a 15yr 2.5% rate and we have about 56k equity. Purchased at 211k . We have an opportunity coming up from a family member who is willing to sell us my childhood home for w...

In short, I can afford the additional $1100/mo cost of a second house, even until I rent it out.I have around $35K in HYSA and emergency funds that I could use for a down payment, but that's less than 20% which would be required for a conventional loan, assuming full purchase price.

The goal is to create nice affordable living that members enjoy and take care of. 

I haven't done any deals yet, I've just started searching for a cash-flowing 2-4plex in the last couple months but I'm still about 6 months from being able to afford a 20% down payment with no cash reserves left for maintenance.Aquaculture is an interesting suggestion!

But if you can't afford a professional?

Home values are much more affordable and the local economy is trending upward.

But if you can’t afford that you don’t get to take advantage of the tax code complexity.

One appeared visibly unoccupied, with a mattress and other debris on its porch and its upstairs windows boarded up.Of the remaining seven homes, The Inquirer was able to question residents of four about whether they continued to be charged rent.All said they had been.One tenant, Shanna Anderson, said she stopped being able to afford her $1,750-a-month rent to DHI Fund and RAD at her Parkside rowhouse after losing her job at a real estate brokerage during the pandemic.In late November, RAD threatened to evict her if she failed to pay $6,530 owed for unpaid rent since August.Her home’s rental license has been inactive since late July, according to L&I records.