Everyone’s situation is unique.

It will also depend on your current employment situation, how much time you have available, where you live and what your short term and long term goals are financially and personal.You can't map it out step by step from the start because it's a journey and everyone's journey is unique to them. 

I am in a unique situation where one of my jobs provides an apartment, and utilities, for free.

Can you even qualify for a loan high enough to cover the purchase price, if not is seller financing on the table?

@John Farady He did not transfer the title, he gave it to her under the table, they left on good terms.

I would be leaving money on the table if I wasn't a Realtor®.

Are SF properties off the table completely?

We were really hit by 2007-2008 and I couldn't hold down a job for a while so necessity made me look for different options to keep bread on the table.   2.)

No sense in leaving money on the table, you will find renters as long as your numbers are accurate. 

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