Hey BP members,I am currently looking to buy my first deal which I intend to house hack. I am at a point now where my savings are more that enough to do 10% down or more, but one question I have is regarding my pay st...

The mgmt companies marketing ability plays a big roll in occupancy and your bottom line. 

I would go with familiarity and ability to build relationships organically over pure numbers for a market.

You said a baby is coming and your ability to do a lot of OT once it's here may be gone.  

So if you have the ability to have that downpayment money in your bank for enough time to generate 2 statements that won't show that deposit that would be the best method.Feel free to ask more questions if you need but I hope this helps.  

Also relevant (and maybe deserving of its own question) -- my neighbors currently own five of the building's six units, and so I think will have to time the sale so that it happens concurrently with the sale of another unit (I'm foggy on the rules here, but it relates to buyers' abilities to get a mortgage). 

Celebrity, ability to speak, personal friendship,  race, class, sex, etc.    

I am expanding my portfolio of properties into East Tenn.I currently live in Middle Tenn and don't have the ability to be as hands on as I am here.  

SF will provide with a good life but MF has the ability to create life changing wealth.MF is hard in it's own right as a syndicator but if you are looking to invest passively then the extent of your work is really about finding a syndicator you like and trust and then invest with them as soon as you like one of the deals they present you with.  

Personally as an owner/investor I totally disagree morally/ethically with these HOAs "approving renters" since they can then discriminate arbitrarily and are RARELY held accountable :( HUD/FHA laws basically get at the idea that "Ability to Pay and/or criminal record" are about the only factors that are fair reasons to deny!