He confirmed he wants to stay in the property (and can afford it) but wanted to know how to get her out.  

From what I see rentals are in demand and flipping affordable housing could be lucrative as housing tends to be higher end or low quality at the starter level.

I'm in the Seattle suburbs in a similar boat and got frustrated, so I started shopping in Philadelphia and now Chicago. 

Mike, so it seems that since my NOI really will be around $3333 a month, then I need to subtract $100/unit to this to figure out my maximum monthly payment I can afford. $3333-$1300 (13 units)---------$2033So this would be around what purchase price?

i am new at this i found a home asking 980000 apprasil 1300000 alot of money should i try to find invester and assing or thats alot of profit if you can resell it but i cant afford to hold the house and make payments plus i need to find invester would they even want this deal and is there a way i could get the money and put off payments to invester until the house is sold id rather work it to make the most money but i need to be safe too if you know investers please contact me need help now thank you c.s.

besides, there are enough free and affordable resources to get started without such a large expense.

It brings real estate investing to a level anyone can afford. 2) Your buddy may be a great real estate agent but he may know almost nothing about real estate investing.

2)how can the average joe afford those houses?

Another "guru" argument is that you can get the "buyer" to do the maintenance, but the reality is that this is illegal in many states and even if it is not, the tenant often can't afford to do the maintenance or screws it up when they try to do it themselves.

When the price of imported goods gets so high that we can't afford them, which will happen as the dollar goes down in value, and other economies grow, we will start producing things again and experience real growth.