First off, what's your affordability?

I am finally at the point where I can afford (barely) to get into a multi-family home and I'm actively looking between Albany, NY up through Queensbury, NY - though preferably somewhere in the middle.

You should be able to connect with some wholesalers in that area which can help you.I'm certainly not opposed to buying on the SC side, really just using Charlotte as the location to invest around as its where I have some family outside of NY and seems to be growing (and cheap enough to afford a few SFH).Great advice with the REIA -- I wasn't even familiar with them prior to you mentioning that.

Has anybody else had a frustrating customer service experience or is mine somehow a fluke?

As far as the repair situation I was considering taking out a personal loan if the repairs were more than I could afford from my job.

Now I’m talking basic house, no real bells and whistles just a solid, affordable 3/2 keeping costs as low as possible.

Although the prices where you are looking to buy is much affordable compare to LIC...Dont get me wrong I do thing theres a good chance it will get build, lucky for tribe they dont have to worry about Liberals like us in NE..

Before we put a unit on the market, we usually give existing tenants an opportunity to move into the newly renovated units at the higher rent rate, if they can afford it, they often take us up on the offer and move into the nicer unit.

The nice thing with 1-1 and 2-1 units is affordability in any part of the economic cycle.

Most tenants wont take any care of your added niceties and you’ll be frustrated along with ultimately just losing money .