I’m a licensed realtor, an investor in the making, and someone who believes in making something out of nothing.I started in wholesaling before getting my license, and now I’m grinding to become a consistent producer while positioning myself to rebuild as an investor.

You can purchase it as individuals or through an entity, like an LLC.  

Before making any decision, I would get a customized property evaluation by a local Realtor to determine the value of the property on both sides of the spectrum; sale OR rental. 

I noticed some of the reviewers mentioned how the area is up and coming so if the area is questionable that might be contributing to this.

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The discount on the full hurts!

While it seems like there are some better priced deals lately, you may have to be prepared to put down 30-40% down.I'd say due to the lack of homes for sale, you should be open to many if not most cities depending on the deal that comes up. 

I don't see any sense of urgency from you, so no one adjudicating this case would either, or end up taking any action!

Make that rent payment out to you and pick up a roommate.

If you look back at posts from 15ish years ago it was a lot of sales, marketing and wholesaling because that's what many were doing through the crash.