When you sell that property you can get the primary residence exemption for your portion since it is your primary residence, you own it, and you have lived in it for 2 out of the 5 years prior to sale.

Bosshardt, Watson, etc... tend to have a higher fee and tack on a % to maintenance which always irked me.Exit Realty, Matchmaker tend to have lower fees compared to the larger brokerages and may not tack on a % to the maintenance fee.Gore Rabbell is another one to investigate.If you send me a PM I can give you more candid feedback. 

I just came across a listing of a house at a very (VERY) good price in a good neighborhood. My realtor called right away and she was told that it was a foreclosure, the bank has it but the owners are still in the hous...

One of these are requiring me to replace the roofs on 2 outbuildings on the property I am purchasing within 30 days of binding coverage and want a signed contract with a roofing company prior to coverage.

I can't get any info on the property prior to the previous owner.

I may even go one further and compare a fine motor mechanic to becoming a carpenter or rehabber. 

Prices here have only inched up a little bit when compared to other markets.

I started a major one just prior to kids and once they came, it slowed drastically and took me a few years lol.

@Ramin R kamalBuy an undervalued property.Look at comparables and recent sales to get an idea of how much a home will go for in that area.

I would not consider a co-signer/guarantor if the primary tenant's income was insufficient or if they had other unfavorable traits that I thought they would be a disaster tenant living in the unit (like a prior eviction, criminal record, etc.) -- co-signers cannot help those things.