I believe this is due to the small amount of inventory of multi's vs.

However,... if you have gone on rentometer and Craigslist and you are confident that based on some comps you can get $2,200 per month as an example, then I believe Section 8 will understand your plight, they simply may demand.....excuse me......"

He's telling you to wait a week because you're going to go look at cars in person, or put your contact info on some website, to "think about it" a week earlier than whatever he tells you (this is 100% true, and as a lender I will not believe you if you tell me otherwise... sorry :P ), and the second you walk onto that car lot a bunch of car salesmen are going to descend upon you, deploying various lines of BS as a pretext to run your credit ("it's a soft pull" or "we just need your SSN to verify you aren't a terrorist, we aren't going to run your credit") and close you on a car that very day, and there is greater than a 0% chance you will believe what they tell you and screw everything up.The rule is that whatever you tell homebuyers not to do, some non-trivial percentage of them are going to push it one notch farther than you tell them.

I actually believe $1100.00 is a good price if he does a great job.....Example: Ceiling $40.00Walls $75.00Trim$75.00Prep work $30.00Total per average room $220.00Bedrm, Bath rm, Kitchen, Living rm= $880.00What was your budget?

You may not believe everything I say and nothing is said to hurt you personally. 

Sorry I haven't talked to you in a while, cant believe it's been like 3 months already.

So I believe I qualify as a trader as opposed to an investor however I do have some long term investments.Income started with my job (I still work) and birthdays/holiday money.I think I'll wind up being a trader, securities though may be the grey area for my current situation though.

Personally, I believe investing is to support life and not vice versa.

@Jenson Buttwerworth I am a big believer in leverage in real estate for several reasons.

I believe there is an online registry of sink hole homes, at least those with insurance claims.