Set goals and don’t let the rest of the world get you down!!!

Usually YOU pay the down payment and they lend the rest. 

Again, I'm not going to interject my personal political beliefs, but between the bail outs and all the rest following the crash, the problem here is that we SEEM to have sent a VERY mixed message to the big banks about who is ultimately on the hook if they act too irresponsible (the tax payer).

A reminder, when we military have occupied a primary for 2 years of of 10 years, we can exclude capital gains on the sale of that house: If you or your spouse are on qualified official extended duty in the Uniformed Services, the Foreign Service or the intelligence community, you may elect to suspend the five-year test period for up to 10 years.

But you don't need a great credit score to get an FHA loan. 3.5% down on a single family home for you and your family, and utilize the rest of the profits on something else.

@Jesse Park go 5% down and put the rest in reserves.

Most REO’s go on the mls, the rest go to the Nat’l auction sites....xhome, hubzu, etc. 

Do you mind telling us what PM company that was so the rest of us don't use them?

You can print this one on your computer, no need for the “official” printed forms.W-9 asks them to enter their name, address, and tax ID – which can be a SSN, ITIN (for people who are not permanent residents) or EIN (business tax ID).

Do they remain to be tenants until they are officially given notice to vacate?