@Assaf Kehati I would go through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide here on BP for starters to aquire an overview.Another source which helped me a lot was the book The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, as it teached you how to determiner what your buying criteria and terms can be. 

These are both at the starter home level though so I guess that spread could change in different market ranges.

I've always thought of partnering as a non-starter, based on the assumption that % of ownership is based on % of cash put in.

Plus, $500 for a membership (for the first year - $250 every year after that, a 2-day seminar, a year's worth of telephone advice, and access to all of their other videos and case studies actually doesn't sound like a bad deal.If you haven't done it already, one thing you might do is go to their website and sign up for their free investor starter kit and/or browse through some of their free articles/videos available online.

I saw this as my "starter home" and did not buy with an REI career in mind.

There is ZERO supply of starter homes within a 20 mile radius of the city.

For starters you're green to real estate, and you really need to be comfortable with being prepared to take over the project and debt service the first lien if something were to go wrong.  

So as the title states,  what're some opinions when it comes to buying a starter home, below budget, VS buying 4 bedroom home that may stretch budget 40% of post tax income.Reason being and things I see, buying a starter house..living in it for 5 years, only paying off interest, and then moving again. 

For starters, you have the free informative forums to read and learn about real estate.

So I need some unorthodox ways to find a great starter deal.