There is no one with any longevity and depth of experience here who will tell you it was all handed to them and came naturally.

This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.

This provides a method to cover the injured student without it going to a Lawsuit/Claim. 

The current tenants in the property are on a month to month lease, due to the nature of the work I would be doing, I would likely be looking to purchase as vacant.

most lenders  will  utilize the  schd E rental income average  method  for  including rental  income for  qualifying ...if the  proeprty is  recenlty  purchase the  vacancy factor  approach is used 

#9- Require that your Private Money Lender disclose their full identity, personal and company contact information that can be verified, skip traced along with proof of the nature of their business, bank and client references etc.

Impossible to predict what the market would do, but you aren't solely relying on natural appreciation which is good.

I like this approach as its the slow and steady method to meet my goals. 

The realtor and I did business years ago, and we kept in contact over the years, holidays, birthdays etc, so naturally when I mentioned I was in real estate investing, there was years of established rapport and trust. 

And be aware that there are many who do it in spite of their methods being technically illegal.