Strategy by  buying the non-performing loan through new concept of  using "The carrot and the stick.Improving the Short Sales success rate , sharing the financial gain with owner who traditionally get nothing at closing. this a new concept  of resolution with the bank from the back end in a win-win-win process.

People forget that a big employer here, Scott & White, have many employees that need homes to rent or buy while working on their residency or starting their practice in medicine. 

I would look to use that good W2 income and savings by buying some solid residential rentals with traditional financing.

I went traditional financing withers properties that were light cosmetic rehabs.

The larger more traditional companies can be a bit of a pain IMHO sometimes, but if they are a 100% commission house, then it generally doesn't matter.  

These are big changes.This is true for traditional Fannie/Freddie loans, but not necessarily the case for portfolio lenders, rehab loans, or hard money.

This is the term for a rental property that is being leased out by the day or week rather than a traditional long-term lease.

Some are out of state (lots of buyers from California), others are AZ residents just looking to diversity from traditional stocks/bonds, and I'm helping other buyers use low down payment programs to purchase a 2-4 family to live in one of the units as their primary residence. 

  #1 - Of course traditional, hard money lending, FHA loans are but a few of the options to purchase such homes. 

We were going to go the traditional mortgage route, but I recently listened to an early podcast that explained Self-Directed IRAs and it sounded like something to look into further.In searching the BP forums, it looks like there are these Solo 401k's that people suggest too, but need to be self-employees in order to qualify.