If you pay a little more for location can you earn more in overtime or by performing better in your day job, or will it help you access your business markets and clients because of your house hack location?

I also live in Mesa, I am a Licensed Real Estate Agent, and my clients include investors who fix and flip and buy and hold.Please feel free to contact me if I may be of any further help.Thanks,Jane

It will be difficult with no money, no/inconsistent income, AND no experience ... you normally need at least 2 of those 3 ... perhaps you could work in RE services, like as a RE agent, for example, to earn while you learn and get yourself closer to getting 2, if not all 3 to invest with ...

man finding a reliable, honest contractor is difficult... this project has been the longest and most difficult one yet and it was all do to issues with the hired help... ugh..  

If we do this, it lowers our price range of a new home, which is proving to be a difficult find with my local market being near the top.

Being this is an FHA loan thru New day Financial I heard it is difficult for investors to get these deals.  

You will likely have a difficult time finding an agent to prepare a low ball offer like that because the likelihood of winning is so low.

@Jason Grote @Eric Barnett It's usually difficult for me to attend lunches on weekdays. 

I love what I do, and I am on Bigger Pockets in hopes of hearing and learning from your stories so that I better serve my clients.

I will try Mississippi, have not personally done deals there but a client of mine, has purchase 7 homes in Middle of the state, around Laurensville( I think is the name please correct me ), job in the area are not great, so he has Section 8 tenants. so it works for him and cash flows and vacancies are not that bad since is a older crowd.