If you live in Philly, you should know which are the go blocks and the no blocks.

The real estate website expects Toledo home sales to increase by 14 percent next year, because the lure of low-cost housing has sparked a surge of buyers.Both buyers looking for a place to live and investors planning to renovate and rent find Toledo attractive, according to the real estate website.

I live in Salt Lake County.

Keeping the properties separate is mostly for the different depreciable lives and it wouldn't matter a whole lot when you eventually go to sell the property.

I have a house close to Wichita Falls Texas and I live about 8 hours away from the property.

If you don't want to get your lenders in trouble, pick up a copy of Lend to Live in the BP bookstore for both of you to educate yourself on how to do it the proper way so that it's a true business transaction and not cutting corners just because you know each other personally. 

. - We have lived in the house more than two years

I have family in Raleigh, wife and I can't afford where we live in LA, CA so we're looking for an investment property elsewhere to get into some RE while we keep renting in CA, and Raleigh has that familial connection--who knows, maybe we'll move there but assuming we won't for this decision. 

Do you know the city, know anyone that lives there, ever visited? 

You might want to consider negotiating with the seller to resolve these issues as part of the deal.House Hacking: Living in one unit and renting out the others can be a great way to cover your mortgage and build equity.