Permits will likely take you 3mo unless you do the velocity program.

You may not need to save as much as you think, and there may be down payment programs that you qualify for. 

@Andrew Carlson, I max my employer's 401k program.

With any book, report, program, if you walk away with 1 idea, then it was worth it.

I believe rent is a favorite right now because they want to build regulations and programs that favor renters and essentially buy some votes.I don't see Landlords charging ridiculous fees for applications.

You have all the right to be concened about the violations, but I think you're out of line and being extremely judgemental assuming what programs they may or may not be on.

The entire premise behind boarding rooms is the turnover - the agencies refill the rooms after "x" amount of time - so if Jan is taking up 1 bedroom in an all woman unit and the program requires her to leave in 4 months the agency refills it with another tenant for another 4 months etc.   

I specialize in helping real estate investors implement insurance programs for their portfolios and would never suggest my client putting a single 4 family property on a commercial policy. 

As I understand it, Section 8 can expel someone from the program for leaving with unpaid bills to the landlord.  

So we have a new property on our program.