These are simply the facts I experienced.

Well turns out, the city is now rezoning multifamily zones--despite moving closer and closer to rent control because we're in a "housing crisis"--to cut the allowable square footage IN HALF from what we can build today.  

Assuming your credit is decent, you should simply connect with a lender to line up your financing, then start looking around for a condo in New Haven.

Or simply go to county doc office online search?

If a realtor gets involved then they would just be getting a cut and then the tenant buyer would only be getting the difference after that.

Are you primarily finding value in hard money loans or are you simply buying existing performing loans?

@Devin Arrigo Many first time investors like the idea of house hacking for many reasons including the opportunity to see if they are cut out to be a landlord and the potential ability to have their tenant pay most of the mortgage.

Imagine going from running a 50 plus unit portfolio full time to simply checking reports and watching your property perform at a higher rate of return with 0 effort.

Property transfers are slowing down, home flips are inflating figures at unjustifiable amounts, and quite frankly, Phoenix is a place where when a recession hits, companies start cutting jobs in backoffice functions first, many that reside here in town. 

I'd simply be on the entity just to help them get better terms.