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I've seen young men try to move in a single woman with kids that turns out to be crazy as a loon, and I've seen great women try to move in their new "bad boy" boyfriend that they're going to fix.

While I've typically focused on single-family homes, my journey into real estate began with buying my first house using a VA loan and house hacking it, then acquiring additional properties from there.

There are still a few pocket areas of the Oregon Coast that do not have any restrictions, many where active rental permits transfer to the new owners, several where the allocated number of permits has not been reached or where there are very reasonable waitlists for a new permit (often in the single digits.) 

It doesn't have to be a duplex / multi-family, it can be a single family home that you rent rooms out to friends / strangers. 

As a single father, I can't justify living in a sketchy part of town for a year or two just to make an investment.

This means that you will probably need to pay registration and filing fees in at least 2 states if you don’t buy CA property as a CA resident.Be sure to tell your accountant that you may now need to file non-resident income tax returns in each state where you own property as well.

It's infuriating because this is a straightforward all interior renovation without expanding or changing the existing footprint of the single-family home.

I want to move my checking account to a smaller community bank with fewer branches.

Not really, as long as you are up front with a lender, most would just require you to show them the establishment of the LLC/accounts and then could proceed with that.