.- I should add that if you're having a hard time with getting loans in the first place, it's ok to just focus on improving your credit before jumping into anything as well.

If you originally intended to live there, but life happened and now moving away will improve your quality of life some how, then you have a clear case and you should be fine even if some one comes poking their nose.

., residential vs. commercial property; improvement vs. new construction).  

You might be pleasantly surprised at how your lifestyle improves.

Even Hilltop has improved significantly.  

But being born and raised in Oregon were we have no basic vandalism and theft issues and hardly any Section 8 and people pay there rent from auto drafts he just did not know what he did not know.. he dumps another 600k into this does the common area improvements..

Those improvements are probably already factored into the price.Might make sense for owner-occupied considering you would not have another housing payment and or cash purchase which don't sound like a good fit for you at the moment.Nice job of coming to a decision based on good data instead of "ballparking it."

Analyze the property and budget for the improvements needed to make it a much more valuable property than what it is now.

You have to be an accredited investor which means (1) a net worth or joint net worth with the person’s spouse exceeding $1 million, not including the value of the primary residence, and / or (2) an annual income of at least $200,000 in each of the two most recent years (or a joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years), along with a reasonable expectation of the same minimum level of income in the current year.If you are able to invest in Realty Shares, then the answer is yes, if it meets your investment goals.

Since this property mentioned they had some deferred maintenance in the listing I added $10,000 for improvements.