This Raymond St property caught our attention due to its affordable purchase price and potential for a high return after renovations.

Buy a single family home with as many bedrooms as you can afford and live like a college student for as long as you can. 

Just frustrating since I was not there and didn't agree to that term and if I saw it would have canceled the closing, and I think the loan officer could have assumed as much since much of our phone conversations surrounded investing and rentals. 

A lot of voucher tenants actually can afford to not live in the worst parts of Baltimore but won't live in the best either. 

People like this Scott Carson guy give "mentor" and "guru" a bad name which is just so frustrating because they are not all bad.

These are the pros and cons of these markets as I see it: Riverside: Larger units with more bedrooms; I can afford better neighborhood with less crime (50 percentile); properties are less old but ugly. 

Very frustrating at the very least.

If you can't afford to pay what they're worth, just talk to them, and they might put more effort into reducing the deal cost so you can save money in other ways.

Cash for keys is common, and frequently the part that keeps tenants from moving forward is not having an affordable place to go to.

Each situation, even the frustrating ones, is a chance to learn and grow.