To my knowledge if you have the down payment and qualify for a consumer mortgage, you don't have to occupy it/you can rent it out.

I understand the concern about a bubble but from what I've read the population dynamics alone don't seem to support the idea of a bubble here, but who knows.

Even though I had "Chip and JoAnna" dreams, I have to realize that I have my "job" and he has his.My properties are out of state so there really isn't anything for him to do, (but listen on yet another phone call with my contractor, LOL) but be supportive at this point.

They're more than supportive and will offer help any way they can. 

There's nothing wrong with risk if you have the cash reserves to support a few losses, but when you're just starting out, I'd strongly recommend finding a property with less risk.  

But I have trouble believing the numbers support it any longer.

@Jo-Ann Lapin Thanks for the support!

She has spent 35 years in foster care and is looking to provide a stable environment and be a supportive adult for children in the foster care system, as well as at risk teens.In the past 4 years she has had 20 foster children in her home, with four of them staying for more than 2 years.

Remember to take your wallet and heart out of the repair process, let good vendors tell you what needs to be done, and not nitpick over what should be repaired or not.When it comes to listings, you can hire any real estate agent you would like, or do it yourself, but it's really time consuming.

You can only fax documents and they have 400 people that are relying on a very bad system the records very little information so you end up talking to different customer support people that can not really help if you need help and that ask you to fax them a print screen of the website if you have a question about a page on the website.