I was planning on looking at the home with my GC and realtor and then giving an offer after i knew what arv and hard money costs are. 

@Tyler DericksonYea so I have about 5acre that my primary sits on. Looking

Congrats on looking to start your investing journey. 

Congrats on looking into real estate investing.

For my second place I plan on looking at other financing options because I was able to learn so much. 

@Curt Smith I agree Gwinnett is very expensive, but I'll keep on looking for the right one.

I plan on looking at comps today.

We had this issue when I was a Commissioner of our PHA and what I based my initial response on....Looking at 24 CFR Part 982, section 625-642, you'll find the qualifications under those participating PHAs whill will aloow for the payment of home purchase expenses, including principal and interest from voucher amounts.There were similar programs nation wide, allowing options, but they were as I stated and I have not seen those done in more than a decade!

I currently plan on looking for a job (if I move) during the initial start-up, with the goal of forwarding my RE goals (full-time) within the first year.

@Xing - I saw a few investment mountain properties near Bass Lake , here in Ca. that are rented every weekend / week during the summer , but is inaccessible during winter so it can only provide income for about 4 months out of the year - As an investment it would be nice to find something near a lake and ski lift so it could be rented out all year.My wife and I have thought about that in the past - buy a vacation property that doubles as an income generator - but we usually focused on looking at beach properties in so cal since it's such nice weather all year long in so cal :) - I have literally played in the water in shorts on Christmas day at Newport Beach.thanks for the input - I think I'm going to do some research and write a blog about my findings