If you have the ability to house hack that is where I would start.

We had one where they wanted us to pay for the majority of the costs to replace 1 mile of sewer back to a larger main.  

I plan to stay in this general area for at least the next 20 years and think buying real estate would be a great way to diversify my investment portfolio.So in almost any scenario you will come ahead buying vs renting over twenty years probably well less than half of that, but the investment you are making is a long term investment you probably won’t be able to leave after a year or two and rent for more than your mortgage, I’d really think about where you want to live medium-long term, than any investment metric, because the longer you stay the better the investment looks, and if you can move out sooner great, but I’d guess at minimum you’d have to stay 5 years before rents would catch up to your mortgage. 

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I will make that proposal to the person I am talking and see where it goes.

To the point where I am unable to receive a manifest of what has been delivered and what hasn't! 

I had a house near Augusta where the property manager charged 50% of what we asked for rent wise whenever we would get a new tenant as an aquisition fee, but Joan just does the 10%. 

This platform on Bigger Pockets is a great source of information where you can ask questions and also learn from other investor questions.

In this arrangement, the buyer signs a contract where one of the clauses specifically says that he assumes responsibility for the loan which remains under the seller's name.

CT isn't cheap so if you plan on doing it there you are going to surprised at how poorly you do. maybe in the suburbs I'm not sure but as much as I know people call us from CT and everyone is rich and has lots of money and things are expensive out there. build to rent is a great model. we build 3 story walk up infill and keep it to the residential side. 3 units is the most units before it's commercial and you need engineering, etc. check comparable and things liek that. we came up with this design a year ago and we sold 10 if you want to talk further please DM me happy to connect. there are some great build to rent conferences. we went vertical not horizontal with it to save on build costs and design to fit on any infill lot. this fits on a 3500 square foot lot. most lots in our area are 30x120 or 30x150. in miami where I live now they are 50x100 or so. but any infill lot we can pretty much get this one on. there are some great build to rent conferences coming up too that if you like this topic I'd recommend attending I'm sure you'd learn a lot.