If you are in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton market, you used to be able to get duplexes for $50k to $100k and make it cash flow quickly.

If you know where to look and have the right time, you can find properties that cash flow.

Cash flow is definitely the biggest challenge; both in terms of finding properties to buy that cash flow with a loan on them and just company wide given interest rates and labor/material is up and, at least where I'm at in Jackson County, MO, taxes are way up too. 

I've seen already that the lender overnight's the docs and they buyer had to take them to get notarized. 

Hello Cody,I don't think you are going to find any escrow officers who will do a subject 2 deal. 

You just need to find the deal.

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Find a realtor.

If you do find that the costs to maintain the investment property are too substantial and you'd rather sell down the road, it would qualify for a 1031 exchange since the property was held for investment use.

We're currently renting downtown and looking to get started as first-time home buyers in an owner-occupied duplex situation to start our path in rei.