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That probably puts you into non-conforming loan territory for your end buyer.

that's pretty much where my head is at these days and looking at building an online presence.  

The guy I met today works 6 days a week and covers huge territory.  

I have worked for free for another  millionaire real estate investor, with absolutely nothing gained other than to be in that presence and show myself that it is possible and achievable.

Outside of that, the Waynesboro/Greencastle area is solid but the population and job markets is much lower than that of Hagerstown/Washington County.Thurmont is more backwoods and there are rumors that there is a strong racist group presence in the area (just rumors though).

The risk appears very low given the guarantee (the presence of the auth), so I would think the interest rate could be fairly low as well.

Hi @Josie Stephens - I have been listening to the Rent to Retirement podcast recently and they have a big presence in the Akron market and I even saw some of the renovations on those properties and they are turnkey ready.

Yeah, there'll be up to 4% in transfer taxes in PA to the county, but you'll establish a depreciable basis and won't get into gift tax territory for your dad. 

This is also not high-appreciation territory, where that investment is going to make money over the long haul.