I want to avoid falling into a mindset of thinking we can't afford to invest because of the needs in front of us.

Before buying or renting in an unfamiliar neighborhood, you should check the following two sites: SpotCrime, AreaVibes,These sites provide valuable information, including Livability Scores, which cover aspects such as crime rates, employment, health, housing, schools, shopping, and more.well, anything can happen anywhere.

Try to avoid areas that seem risky.

I’ve handled almost every aspect of renovations myself—plumbing, tiling, painting, drywall, and general construction.

If you can avoid asbestos, lead, and old mechanicals you can get a great property. 

For example, if you have $130K in equity, you might get $100K-$110K available in a HELOC.Look for a fixed-rate option for the HELOC to avoid rising rates.

USDA does not.If you have a job gap (6+ months of unemployment) on an FHA loan, then you have to go back 2 years prior to the job gap AND be back to work for 6 months before you are eligible.How to avoid this? 

Does that operational aspect have to devour all cash-flow, no not necessarily but it could, all depending on situation specifics right. 

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That sounds like a lot of work and I'm sure he would prefer to avoid that work and just sell it for $1.9m or $2.0m.if I were to buy it from him, to get to cash flow neutral I would need to increase rent on all 6 units to market rates and my monthly payment would need to be close to $6.2k/month, which would be $100k down payment, $1.7m loan with seller financing at 2% interest rate and flexible ballon payment.What would you do if you were me?