Seems like a win-win.Until....Talked with a lender this afternoon, a specialized farm and agricultural lender, and they wont consider it without me physically paying 25% down at closing.

It takes a special sort of someone, and we definitely support the troops!

Ideally, 1 person would come in and make us an offer, but we'd probably get a better price if we sold them to individuals who specialize collecting in the different areas.

For example if I came prepared with the details of the deal I just finished to at least show them I’m not a complete newbie would that be valuable or would that come off as naive because it’s not the same type of investment as a 5-20.

You get some renovation money with the special financing available for owner occupants. 

My situation, I'm a 32 year old single father of an 8 year old girl, I have a full time job making around 61k/year I have been renting a townhouse from my mother for nearly a decade, never really thinking I would have to move in fact, I assumed(like an ***) that I would just end up owning it sooner or later, I never prepared for having to move or prepared a downpayment or anything of that sort, in other words, I've been very stupid over the years.

If a tenant tries to pay with Cozy on the 5th and on the 7th you find out there are NSF, you have to be prepared to take action, but it's been my experience that Cozy works very well and send you updates as necessary.

Most of the document preparation is all done after escrow has been opened up. 

Pay close attention to the timelines- You have 60 days to pick out a property and then 6 months to close. there are 1031 companies who specialize in that and hold the proceeds of the first while waiting fir the 2nd to close. 

Thanks, AndrewIf you're still looking, I have an amazing insurance agent with Prime Insurance, specializing in everything real estate related.