If the inspection already passed and you paid the fee and are only waiting on them to send verification via email, and you have already registered you lead cert on the Maryland website (very important).

Someone else mentioned this earlier but factor in property tax increases with underwriting your deal.  

While I'm waiting to get in contact with the real owner, I ask the "seller" for ID, a copy of the deed, etc. to vet them before wasting any more time. 

Insert a rollover clause for an additional year in case you need a bit more time to get financing.The lease should not mention the option, and the option should not mention the lease--if things go sideways, you'll be able to part ways with fewer complications.  

Roughly, there are 600 owners waiting on hangars.

And that doesn’t mention the variety of illegal and dubiously legal schemes they’ve engaged in over the years.But of late, an almost bipartisan chorus has emerged amongst critics of high finance: Wall Street is buying up houses across the country to drive up prices and making homeownership unaffordable for most Americans.Senator Elizabeth Warren, like many Democrats, accuses Wall Street of “hoovering up a significant chunk of the housing market.”But many Republicans have also been saying similar things.

You do not need to wait 6 months you can do it the same month you purchase the home "All Cash.

If you're just looking to start in real estate you might try to look off market or just wait a few years until prices have corrected.

I figured I would come on here and ask folks on creative ways to utilize this alongside financing options to scale into the multi units space while not waiting another 4-6 year period to repeat the process.

When I go to the site you mentioned, it doesn’t take me anywhere.