Personally I'd pay off my car note as soon as possible to minimize my debts but that is not necessary.Another resource you might check out is using a VA loan to purchase a primary residence to house hack.

@Timothy Brennan Looking to do minimal work such as repainting, appliances etc.

Sharing the numbers with an easy to understand setup to educate my clients, thorough due diligence support, negotiation of price and terms and keeping the deal alive through three delays from the lender over the holidays.

Sorry for the delay.

I'd also think that you can probably find some 80s or 90s housing stock that will have minimal maintenance issues and still give you better returns.

Position yourself with available cash - a credit line, partners, better with rich relatives.there are many ways to create cash flow - controlling real estate using creative financing, pro-active expired, post auctions, pre-auction pre foreclosures - delayed settlements, use of skinny contracts. referral networks, estates, land and lots and making many non-committal offers, violations and housing court.

The cash required was minimal, the profit margins exceptional, quick and easy buy/sell, and competition practically nonexistent.

If they moved within the same complex, moving costs should be minimal. 

Too many delays and bad experiences.

Since it took the board three weeks to meet, we had to delay the project for that time.