I'll stay on my own.  

Examples of income of this type include income from hourly workers with fluctuating hours, or income that includes commissions, bonuses, or overtime.History of Receipt: Two or more years of receipt of a particular type of variable income is recommended; however, variable income that has been received for 12 to 24 months may be considered as acceptable income, as long as the borrower’s loan application demonstrates that there are positive factors that reasonably offset the shorter income history.Examples of positive compensating factors that we like to see (1-3 will generally do it)...Employed in same line of work.Makes sense from a common sense perspective, like someone is returning to the workforce after being a stay at home parent for a while.Recently finished some training or education program that lines up with the new line of work.Low DTI.Great credit.Income trending upwards. 

on the flip side, are there any I should stay away from regardless of how cheap a condo may be?

He otherwise would be a perfect tenant planning to stay in town for a couple of yes.

The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Wholesaling and The Book on Flipping Houses are good places to start if you're looking for breakdowns of how the strategies work.

Seriously take advantage of all the free guides, blogs, courses, webinars, and mentors.

However, it is usually easy to rent individual rooms this late in the year - lots of {particularly foreign} students land at campus without a place to stay.  

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I'd probably start with A Beginners Guide to Real Estate Investing.