.- Condos are typically closer to very busy areas like city centers (while single family and multi-family are further away / in suburbs) which, in the case of a buy-hold-rent strategy, means that the investor will have more traffic / demand.- Smaller properties are usually easier to off-load (more liquid) because our society is seeing very high levels of migration (people travelling or moving for work constantly) / people less inclined to partner / have families / people more focused on work / and pied-a-terre concept.- Condos are much easier to maintain internally than larger homes.- Condos are easier to manage as Air B&B than larger homes.- In the case of multi-family properties, sharing a home with two or three other families where everyone knows everyone can create issues if they don't get along as the close proximity doesn't allow for any privacy.Happy to connect with you and speak in more detail if you are interested in Massachusetts!

The MLO could potentially offer seller concessions to help the buyer as well but it cannot be stated the buyer MUST use the seller’s firm for lending. 

Seller finance?

Direct to seller.

Talking to a few agents.Can someone guide me on the seller's closing cost details? 

what's rental demand like?

works in any market.continuing to learn about creative financing is fine, but i personally think it's at least an intermediate, if not advanced, real estate strategy, for a fairly well capitalized investor.i have purchased a couple of deals on seller finance, i am just not interested in sub-to. 

I learned so much, thank you all for your input.I had a question about wholesaling, based on my research it seems that I could find more motivated sellers in the areas where @Chris Dawson labeled as areas to avoid such as zip codes 64126 to 64130.

I think you'll find that the '1% Rule' isn't applicable in most markets - especially those that are high demand - and that it hasn't been for some time. 

I bought a property once that where the sellers family was one of the tenants, and it was rented below market.