Absolutely, there are members of congress with self-directed accounts, and the proposed legislation is certainly not universally supported.

You'll find it's a small community of solid people, who generally support each other :) Congrats on the success so far, and with your mentality and apparent work ethic, I'm sure you'll continue to succeed! 

When we closed, I hand delivered a pre-written letter to both of them detailing who I was, the rental rates the comps supported and gave them a choice to either break their lease early, sign an early renewal (their lease don't expire until 12/31) at a lower than market rate, or just ride out the rest of the lease and move in the dead of winter.

The facts in this case do not support intent.1.

I'll keep it short and sweet, I wanted to grow a RE portfolio to support my family.

Lots of families like to stay there because that's where they were born/raised and that's where their supports are.

>>Actually, Basit, a DSCR [debt service coverage ratio] loan relies solely on the subject property being able to support itself; that is, does the cash flow support the proposed mortgage payment? 

I'm very exited with all the information and support available on Biggerpackets, thank you guys for all the help.I'm just starting out on real estate investing and haven't yet done any deals but I know that will change very soon.Thank you again.

This is not a great deal for a first deal or house hack885k purchase price30 year 3.25%3.5% down is 30,9751,500 insurance23k taxes700 pmi6,458 monthly payment7300 is the mostly rental income, not accounting for vacancy or anything.5850 if you live in the one bed. so youll still pay out of pocket which is fine. but can you support the monthly payments if you have no tenants?

There are 17 units currently being occupied through HAP support, which also have their utilities paid for by the landlord.