If you are staying with the current servicer odds are that they are already licensed in that state.

It's important to do your homework and your due diligence, and the odds can be beaten.Good luck!

Someone that can remodel an apartment, fix odds and ends, and keep an eye on properties in general.

But it’s also part of the fun in an odd way. 

If the vast majority can't handle it, and their average age is 20 years older than you, the odds of you making it are extremely slim.I hope you educate yourself on the job and the costs and that it works out for you.

What do you guys think of a duplex with comps that are closer that differ in less bed/bath to be higher value than comps that are more similar further away that has less value comps? For instance, the duplex next door...

I don't know if that's helpful - I did not have a "rock solid" financial position at first - I took a shot on what I believed to be the best odds of success with my house-hack as soon as I thought the odds were in my favor to a significant degree.

He knew he needed a job, but wasn’t sure what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.A series of odd jobs led to a position at a sign shop.

@Mary Mitchell It does seem odd, and that's exactly how I responded about how he would be losing a chance on free rent, but he simply doesn't want to live in a multiplex household.

Odds are reasonable that if you try to accomplish anything in life, you're going to meet a good cross section of both.So, it's made you stronger -- you sit back for a while, lick your wounds, cry into your beer, rebuild your asset base, then get back into the fray.