I had to do some research on the difference (which I remember there actually did turn out to be a difference)...in the end, it did not matter, as the pet was in violation of the lease due to the language of the lease and he had to find another home for the pet.

Remember you don't have to own a property to control it.Good LuckPaul

I remember reading either J Scott's blogs or one of his books and for the longest time he focused on a tiny suburb of Atlanta and just bought up everything in that one small area.

We would then like to purchase another MFH (ideally 4 unit) within a year of our duplex purchase, and I anticipate that purchase being closer $300k (though hopefully less).We have $30k available for down payment and closing costs, because we were initially planning to put 10% down on a SFH in the $250k range.

Here is my first thought, remember I am fairly new at this and am not 100% if this would work or even if this deal would be possible to find.I was thinking, find a seller that would be willing to do seller financing and line up a private investor for a 20 - 35% down payment.

I do, vaguely, remember him saying something about a local rate but my ears were not tuned at the timed.We've learned much in the last 3 years ......!

Our ideal goal is to look for a property that has future potental for a rental property.

Close if you have to, but likely someone will buy it from you at 15-20% more than the price you locked in.Your market is ideal for growth.

I don't remember there being this much competition back in 2005.....

Remember Mark does a lot of flips and is a RE Broker as well.