A $1,000,000 loan is not something one just gets easily, and if you don't qualify now you'll likely need to generate a lot of income in the next 5 years to do so, it is possible if you have to sell and the property appreciated for you to reap all the rewards that you could create resentment between yourself and I'm going to assume siblings. 

You want each investment to provide a blessing to you and your family not become a burden, which can easily happen without a proper buffer.

You go in check the air filters, check for leaks under the sinks, check the grout in the bathrooms, check how the toilets flush, wash down the outside AC unit, check for water in the water heater pan, etc.   

Easily the best financial decision I made, though it was previously owned and built in 1880's. 

"Suck it up buttercup"Please do not hate me for not having any filters.

You can also setup an alert to filter on your desired town and state.As for starting you have several options.

I could easily save up for the down payment, but I wanted to see if the following logic makes sense if I used a HELOC instead:House sale is 135k, could likely go for 150k today, it will appreciate by 7 percent over the next year or two.Lets assume a full 20 percent down payment from the HELOC (27k)Cashflow is about 450 a month, not including vacancy/capex/repairs, in which case real cash flow is closer to 150 a month.

So I did the same thing with my boss and asked for what everyone who is a corporate employee wants (You can probably guess that easily).

Finding the details of a property through photos can easily be done by doing a reverse image search.

I know I can easily advertise that I want X credit score and X income, etc...That does not change the fact that some people who make six figures, and have an 850 credit score are unpleasant for one reason or another.