If you have none of that, you could fudge higher on housing debt.C Credit.  

We bought our house in TN with only 5% down.

You can still buy houses in small farm towns in MN for $25k.

But if you do have a house that sits in expansive soils and are susceptible to shrinking and expanding they can put pressure on the basement walls (exacerbated by frost/thaw cycles) and cause them to crack horizontally.

When it was time for inspections, they told me, I can’t do that and the area is not deemed for multi family- which is a lie because both houses on either side of mine were duplex.

I don't think the future will be kind to the investors who bought cheap houses in a big community of other investors. 

I missed a lot of flaws in that house and I had some painful years as a result.  

Leverage your construction skills for flips, start with smaller projects to minimize risk, and consider house hacking or long-term rentals for a steady income.

Typically, the STR property tends to be priced at 10x of the annual gross revenue, so let's assume you buy a house for $500k and you can get $50k a year in gross revenue. 

I have a 5 bedroom 2 bathroom house.