Section 8 can be good as long as your unit passes the program's housing quality standards, but with all that student debt she'll certainly need some supplemental under the table income, if she makes too much on the books she'll lose that voucher and possibly not be able to afford the unit anymore..

It takes a lot of homework to get prepared.

There will be an escrow or attorney that will prepare the deed and will disperse their fundsIf it's a great deal at $10K buy it today for $10K.

This is the case with both listed and unlisted properties.Any decent agent is going to ask for proof of funds, so you should be prepared to provide this.Having a buyers list certainly helps but it's definitely much less important than finding a great deal.

I'm not familiar with the company you mentioned so I can't comment with authority, but I suggest you do complete due diligence in anyone you hire to do title searches for you and you should always be prepared to bear the losses in the event of a title mistake.  

We've put a 60-day notice in our leases for the last few years as we prefer the extra time to prepare for a turnover.

They are internet based so if you work with them, you have to be prepared to be technology-savvy enough to scan documents and upload them to their secure portal.

Perhaps that particular bank can't do a 2 unit home on a 1 unit lot(R1) on their portfolio program.

We don't have a lot of money to put down, so our monthly payments will be $1300-1320 for mortgage, property tax, and all necessary insurance programs.

What I mean by that, is that I inquired with quite a few local banks what loan programs, rates, rules (overlays), etc they had in preparation for me buying several more rental houses around the beginning of last year.I really liked what Union Bank had to offer because they were a portfolio lender and could be more flexible with the number of loans allowed.