House hacking will also give you some personal "property management" experience.

My personal opinion is to not put anything down and instead save for closing costs and unexpected but expected repairs.

Additionally, townhomes appreciate much slower than detached single family homes tend to.My personal advice would be to sell this property and then 1031 either into a better property near you that is low maintenance, or (probably better for you) invest the capital into a syndication or partnering with an active investor where you should get returns better than the stock market. 

Thank you all for your responses and every bit of insight helps! 

I would let them know that you have documented proof that they screwed up, and if they won't waive the fees then you will make it your personal mission in life to leave a negative review (with proof) on any website that allows reviews. 

As others said if you have a personal use for it then do it.

Hi all,  out of curiosity and personal interest in achieving this as well, I would like to get the GC license.

I think what should happen is that whoever they got it from should be able to email it to that person - so if I applied at trans Union within their system I can add who to send too and it would go to themI wouldn’t trust it coming from someone.

Thank you Sir, for response.

I personally spent 2 years bringing this cabin from 1970 to 2023 remodeling the entire property.