As others have noted, you'll be hard pressed to find a multi family and likely will need to default to a SFH in Houston.  

At least that's what the press releases say. 

I have done a couple and on one the buyer broke our deal and accidentally notified the mortgagee that they had sold the property.  

I'm tagging @Jay Hinrichs, who's politely of the vintage to give you the horror stories of straw men, cash boot, and dry land in West Texas to balance out valuations - all with exchanges done without a QI.For the minimal cost I'd recommend that you engage a QI anyway so there's no slips and accidental recognition of gain - particularly on their side.

I doubt many tenants would follow the watering schedule and do extra yard work.So, from a practical point of view I would go with the least expensive option but press the seller to give $11K repair credit for the most expensive one.This will provide enough safety cushion for possible plumbing repairs. 

Ooop sorry accidental vote lol - anyway what I meant to say was maybe she means a second mortgage?

(unless you want to fly to Canada and point out which multi family i should buy, cause that would be awesome) i will do my own work. it would be nice though, to have more tools in my toolbox, J was kind enough to open his toolbox for us, and though his method might not work everywhere, at least i, and others here, can learn from what he wrote. i would be hard pressed to learn anything from what you wrote but how to critique someone else. im a budding investor... everyone around me does that everyday about this path of mine...

Also using Zapier is great as well to help you connect with other services like Lob (for autosending mail) and Gravity Forms (word press contact form plugin).  

Hi Bruce,The amounts vary from 300 to 125,000 being paid out.More info is here.http://www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection/foreclosure-prevention/correcting-foreclosure-practices.htmlhttp://www.federalreserve.gov/consumerinfo/independent-foreclosure-review-payment-agreement.htmA list of the payouts based on how the owner of the property was wronged is listed here.http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/bcreg20130409a1.pdfSmallest checks are going out first followed by the larger ones.

I can already see that ERentPayment is only communicating with those whose business relationships they feel can be salvaged, while hoping to "weather the storm" of bad press from those who got swindled.