I am wondering if someone can just explain to me where a prospective buyer can find out how to obtain the CO (cost / reason property doesnt have one) and since its buyers responsibility upon purchase, is this something anyone can look up ahead of even going to look at a property?

At the ripe age of 19, a acquaintance of mine obtained his first house that way.

You can have 100 investment homes and Fannie and Freddie will still allow you to obtain a primary residence.Make sure you hire a Broker or Loan officer that is well versed in the investments arena.I hope this helps and have a great day. 

Specifically I'm unclear on the guideline below and what is meant by "no financing was obtained";DFE Guidelines:1.)

Please see details:Purchase Price 55k (Cash Purchase)ARV 119k After Rehab/holding & purchase closing cost $92416I would also have to include 2% for sale closing cost and 6% for Realtor feesIn what scenario can I obtain a more favorable return?

How do I determine if I should hold onto this 2 family for cash flow which would generate less than $200 per door or sell it to obtain the capital needed to start investing the right way?

Alex Kamunya How are you obtaining the email addressesAre you collecting them via a lead generation website?

I have the fundamentals of a real estate agent certification (books / meetups).  

After doing the math on the calculators, and finding that we can (conceivably) obtain a cash on-cash of 9.5% or higher (better than any stock returns as of late), REI still makes sense provided we can find the right deal(s).

We won a property on auction.com that was listed as the redemption period being over in August 2016 - well we won the rights to the sheriff's certificate.