He sees the value of house hacking every day!

This deal was sourced through New Western Acquisitions and was sold on a first come first serve basis.

I have learned that Rochester neighborhood might vary on street by street basis, but unfort not too many neighborhood detail analysis resource.  

Throwing $15k at this would leave me with roughly $5k (plenty to live on until graduation) and I fortunately am a part of an upper-middle class family that would definitely help me with co-signing/personal loans if need be.So that is the basis of the situation.

Searching the forums, I see old mentions of an REIA in Lynchburg - is that group still meeting on a regular basis?

That means you can't claim certain expenses and other expenses add to basis. 

I think it would be helpful to have some kind of assessment tool to evaluate larger cities' markets based on inventory, average time of properties on the market, appreciation rates, etc on a yearly or quarterly basis.

However, one of your biggest advantages is that your property tax basis is lower relative to current investors, so you have structural margin to capture going forward.

(This is often done on a monthly or quarterly basis) Syndications are often 5-7 year commitments, so it is important to know going in that you will have access to the sponsor if you have any questions or concerns about your investment. 

Just wondering if anyone else has had issues with convincing lenders to cash out your full cost basis?