A decade back I encountered vastly a higher percent of renter families saving up tens of thousands of dollars and moving out of their apt within a few years into their first homes.These days I rarely ever come across a family that is even interested in saving to close on their first home.

In my earlier years I delivered for Dominos pizza to thousands and thousands of houses so have about seen it all for lots and driveways.

They don't want to sell off houses one by one, they will sell them by the thousands as part of a package to a large institutional buyer.

The 2% rule is great to get no doubt however it is not an accepted investment criteria that is taught at any of the thousands of accredited universities and colleges much less found in any text book.

From our experience your home needs roughly _____ thousand dollars in repairs.

There's thousands of objections, so there's really no way to cover them all.

I'm saving 10 thousand dollars to put a down payment on my first home next year and rent out the rooms to live rent free.

I'm realizing that relying on agents from thousands of miles away just doesn't cut it sometimes.  

I'm Intreagued with this idea because living expenses are exuberant and if I were able to close on a deal and maintain occupancy with two other tenants my living expenses would be eliminate and I would be living for free rather than paying thousands of dollars renting someone else's home.

There are about a thousand threads on here talking about good, bad, and ugly turnkey companies I would suggest you start doing your own due diligence on the turnkey companies reading through all the forum post going to visit the ones you are interested and making your decision from that.