She won't make any money off the house and the banks tend to only go for it when they are far behind getting close to foreclosure.  

My rental fridges, while nice, tend to be around $300-500. 

And, even the more "cache" companies are not always what they're made out to be (but they do tend to pay well).In many STEM fields, If you aren't truly passionate about the subject, it will be difficult to put in the amount of time and energy that it takes to become skilled enough to compete on the job market with the people who are that passionate.

The guru's will like to tell you otherwise, but for the most part the kind of people I see that get started investing in real estate and have success tend to be people that either have a career established or they have a house with some equity.

"Original" would tend to mean origination which there is only one Mortgagee, the lender.  

For my buying criteria, I tend to stick with neighborhoods I feel comfortable working in - there are some investors that buy on the fringe and/or war zones.

Multi family does tend to protect you a little more with vacancy problems.

Maverick Consulting Services, Inc. which is another company i founded also describes who i am, i tend to use names that i find inspiring and motivational.Good luck on your named search, find something inspiring.

My tenants tend to be on the poorer spectrum, but boog people.

I tend to use a gross rent multiplier instead of cap rate since the math is easier, a 50 GRM is the same as the 2% rule.