The other couple: the guy had an eviction, both have bad credit: 500  and 400.The last couple said they guys mom had health issues and he quit his job to help her... 

My situation is this: I am a stay-at-home mom with a 4-year-old.

This helps protect a single mom who is receiving child support and the landlord attempts to disqualify her on income.

I had one single mom that only had to pay $25 a month, and she was late every month!

My husband and I would like a 20 to 100 unit and I will be helping my mom sell her Hawaii single family investment house and 1031 it into a more lucrative multifamily investment to at least triple her income.

Every year my mom tells me how high her home owners insurance is and it goes up every year.Having lived through Hugo, I am nervous about buying anything ocean front, seeing so much wash way must have left an impression on my young mind.Definitely agree with you about having a good realtor to navigate the landscape.

I'm starting a  househacking journey and my mom will be financing the home.  

Pay them $180 an hour and monitor like a mom, and both the owner and contractor will learn.

My family includes my husband, three children (ages 4 years, 2 years, and 4 months), and my mom who will help with the kids.

1st of all corporations own less than 2% of single family homes, they have actually reduced thier share of buying recently, now investors continue to buy up properties, it’s just more mom & pop types, all that said the housing market is in an extremely strange place, I could make strong arguments for prices pulling back, reaccelarting, or being basically flat, the biggest thing I’d advise is looking at you payment, comparing that to what would pay in rent, figuring out how long you plan to be the house and making an decision based on that, generally in that under 400k price point, breakeven for buying a property seems to about 3-5 years if you plan to stay in the house longer than that, bite the bullet & buy, if not rent.