I'm currently living in Hawaii and I'm excited to enter the Detroit market and keep everyone updated along the way.

We currently live in Houston, TX but we will be relocating to the Seattle/Bellevue area this summer for work.

I’m looking to purchase a 10 acre parcel either in Columbus, Dahlonega, or Helen.I’d like to live on half the land, and develop the other half into five A frame luxury short term rental units. 

I have about 8K to start investing, which I know is not a lot, but with 3 kids living in SoCal, we are already pinching pennies. 

If you are doing a live-in flip why not use that equity for a down payment with a refi or HELOC?

Starting with a small multifamily property is a fantastic idea—it gives you a chance to live in one unit while renting out the others, which can help offset your mortgage and build equity faster.

On the flip side, if you've got a bunch of Section 8 tenants living in a building that's in a neighborhood where a lot of the tenant base has good jobs, high credit scores, and are generally reliable people, you've got the most risky tenants in that tenant base and that ain't what ya want.

It's near where I live though.

Getting right to the purpose of my post, with all the relevant context: I’m 52 and living near Seattle.

Toxic paint et al.Would you want your family living in house remodeled with cheap Chinese s**t?