@Maegan King If they have a daughter named Carol Anne, tell them to tell her to "run to the light"

Is it possible to do this and have the property end up under my name?

I'm sure there are other names for it, but here is a general overview of price-to-rent: https://smartasset.com/mortgage/price-to-rent-rati...

Many of the big name brokerages will typically have good training. 

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Does my friend get the paperwork in his name or is all of that “in the background”?

Qwee ParkerMy name is Kantrell I live in Saint Paul and I am a first time homebuyer as well and I’m looking to get my real estate career started as well.

Why would you want to put this property in your name unless there was a plan to deal with the mortgage? 

Hello,My name is Aaron I recently graduated from college. 

There's a search option by either owner's name or address and I just plug in the street name and all of the houses on that street pop up.