If you have a college-aged child who is still your tax dependent, they could live in the house and legally fulfill the FHA "living in" requirement.  

yes. i thought NJ and NY markets are the same. it was the news all over in the world that attracts homeless to NY that the city using taxpayer money to house them. it's $2000 per person a month. google any NYC pay homeless, tons of news. non paying tenants, paying homeless....http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3995098/Ne...There was a news few years back that NYC panhandlers who own a few condo apartments by putting dirty make up on without getting haircut or some with a dog. this is one of the news even on International Business news.http://www.ibtimes.com/how-much-do-panhandlers-mak...no offense, why we want to invest real estate?

@Stephanie IrtoThe training wasn't related to my job, it was just college.

My name is William Muhlstadt, I am a 19 year old college student at USF, and I just made my first deal a couple of weeks ago.

Hello everyone, I am wondering what's the process if an international investor (non- citizen) want to buy properties in the US?

a friend of mine and i are meeting in a few hours to start planning for our first property purchase. we both live in manhattan and are looking to purchase a 4-6 unit residential building in the nyc metro area (most likely an outer borough or nj) to begin buying and holding properties. we are looking for properties that will require work / reparis upfront. what are some important first steps that you would discuss with a partner upon starting up (i.e. financing, partnership structures, deal sourcing, property management, business incorporation, etc etc etc.). my background is in finance, and his is in architecture, and we're friends from college.

I recently just finished college but am a avid investor in the stock market.

I was in the construction business since I was 17 including my college years.  

Good for you that you are already scared to be dependent on a employer.Out of college and working at a good day job I had many memories etched into my mind of grown adults being terminated in 2007 and no backup plan.

Yardi Matrix has predicted we will also be the #1 rental growth market in the nation in 2017 with 10% year-on-year growth, and 8.5% growth next year.For some anecdotes, in the past couple months I've met a handful of clients who are all young couples that are professionals in their late 20's & early 30's, and are leaving the uber-expensive Bay Area and are looking to settle down here in Sacramento where housing is more affordable.Sacramento offers enough of a "big city feel" for Bay Area residents and has several colleges, major sports teams, an international airport, etc.