Split the $20 to buy yourself lunch and dinnerIf you are on the road, daily per-diem should cover a lot of your day to date living costs.If they send you on the road, you can potentially airbnb your house.Best of luck!

I've helped people with SBA loans to purchase real estate for a business, but for buying rental real estate, the DSCR loan is a much better option.

Ditch the cheap shower surroundPlease don’t buy that cheap five-piece shower surround that you saw at Home Depot or Lowe’s.

My goal is to buy one rental per year with price between 150k-250k for the next ten years (if i get to keep my job). 

i have people in my network who find deals; they get paid if I buy them; i diligence them; and then my PMs manage them.i didn't look at your profile, but do you already own rentals? 

Just a thought or buy a bizzness that will do far better than rentals. 

Quote from @David B Graham: Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Just one example of a market getting overheated and then right-sizing.Same is going on with syndications, STRs and soon LTRs.BP took off after the Great Recession when investors could buy almost anything and rent it out for positve cashflow.

Since this is a real estate forum, I'd just clarify what someone could buy the real estate for and what your lease terms would be.How many sq ft?

So even if you had a buy out agreement negotiated up front and execute that buy out agreement, the bank would still require him to be guarantor unless something drastic changed on your side financially.The best scenario here would be to purchase and rehab the property using a hard money lender or bridge lender.