—In all criminal cases, contempt cases, and other cases filed pursuant to this chapter, if a party has sold, leased, or let real estate, the title to which was not in the party when it was offered for sale, lease, or letting, or such party has maintained an office bearing signs that real estate is for sale, lease, or rental thereat, or has advertised real estate for sale, lease, or rental, generally, or describing property, the title to which was not in such party at the time, it shall be a presumption that such party was acting or attempting to act as a real estate broker, and the burden of proof shall be upon him or her to show that he or she was not acting or attempting to act as a broker or sales associate.

I'm trying to follow a loose criteria of: 1 only buying things that I would be personally willing to live in, 2. in areas that I'd be willing to live in, 3. dont need too much money to have  a nice refresh so they look more up to date 4. are close to my home so I can keep an eye on them, and maintain them as needed. 5.

@Christopher N Grant - Could be MLS, internet sites, realtors, your network, your attorney, your lawn maintainer, neighbors..anyone

There are some general guidelines that will genuinely help you to put your strategy in place and maintain the momentum effectively.1) A great content bank and dedicated content creatorsAll the efforts of creating a good marketing strategy go in vain if you do not give the desired attention to your content bank and fail to hire someone who is a seasoned professional in content creation.

The Navy may provide more frequent turnover but that also allows you to keep the units maintained and the rents up to market. 

Investing in performing and non-performing notes is a great way to make invests backed by real property.Performing notes provide a passive income, similar to having a renter but without the midnight plumbing issue calls and the borrower has a vested interest in maintaining and keeping the property.A non-performing note, isn't typically passive at first but depending upon the borrower’s situation and performing the proper due diligence in advance, there are multiple exit strategies for above average ROI’s; reinstating the borrower or foreclosing if necessary are two examples.That is the real cliff notes version of the process. 

—In all criminal cases, contempt cases, and other cases filed pursuant to this chapter, if a party has sold, leased, or let real estate, the title to which was not in the party when it was offered for sale, lease, or letting, or such party has maintained an office bearing signs that real estate is for sale, lease, or rental thereat, or has advertised real estate for sale, lease, or rental, generally, or describing property, the title to which was not in such party at the time, it shall be a presumption that such party was acting or attempting to act as a real estate broker, and the burden of proof shall be upon him or her to show that he or she was not acting or attempting to act as a broker or sales associate.

This is a fannie mae adjustment so anyone including eagle mortgage will have to factor that into your pricing.As a general rule every .50 pts is about .125% rate so if you're at a 4.250% with no points and you want to add that 4.125pt pricing hit you're going to be around 5.25%-5.375% (subject to change on an estimate) to keep "no points," otherwise you gotta bring in cash for the points to maintain a lower rate.Now if all of this sounds like a buncha mortgage hoopla it basically means your rate will be significantly higher with 15% down than with 20% or 25%.HIts for:15% Down non owner - 4.125 points - adds about 1.00 to 1.125% to your rate20% Down non owner - 3.375 points - adds about .50 to .75% to your rate25% Down non owner - 2.125 points - adds about .25 to .375% to your rateJust figure your base rate is around 4.25% currently with no points ...

You also might find that you like this strategy better do to lack of maintained and other issues.

Some other unforeseen problems you may have not considered: As a tenant, you're taking up the large yard I planned to use to play catch with my kids and let my large dog run and play with a garden that I have no intention of maintaining.