The sellers like the brokers being the gate keepers to filter out looky loos from the ones with the money that can perform and are not playing games.I am not saying you are like this at all just saying I have talked to thousands of investors over the years and you learn by keywords they say and how they e-mail or make contact the probability of how they will be.

And I do plan to ask for 1.5% in rent out the gate and will see what the market will allow.

I've been reading a lot and gearing up to start investing. Long story short, all the money I have for startup is in a 403b retirement account through my employer. My plan was to either borrow from that account so that...

Don't expect huge cash flows that you can live on out of the gate.

well when i say across the street, it is in a whole different (gated) sub division.

Did you work with a buyer-agent or anyone else by chance or did you fly solo out of the gate?

They are in nice gated communities.

House hack a 2 bed / 2 bath condo in a great gated golf-course neighborhood next to Las Vegas strip. 

@Dana WhickerI wouldnt mind working with you on investments if you are interested Dana, thats exactly my kind of mentality.

Out of the gate I actually got several offers for around $100,000 for the house in the first week, but they were both owner-carry offers.