When my current lease is up I plan to rent-to-own it, that way I can structure the deal to minimize (or hopefully eliminate) any expenses during the lease term, get the loan paid down some more (extra 30k in equity, assuming 2 year lease) and avoid sales commissions.

;characteristics of building: stick-build, {structural} masonry,  number of stories, nature of foundation, basement/crawspace , type of roof, etc.

Back in the 80's, Carleton Sheets would be advertising every night on every channel, his method of doing no money down deals.

One of the things that keeps echoing from BP is that that method is harder to scale. 

Partitioning Your Marital Estate Right NowThere is a method of converting some portion of community property into separate property.

Looking for suggestions on how to structure the deal.  

When you are getting started in real estate investing or even if you have already invested in a city, what are your methods, strategies and criteria you research and look for to branch out and find new cities across the US to invest in that fit your niche?

With a lot of younger renters, it seems to be the method of choice! 

One of the beauties of this method is for the exiting owner not having the reporting all of their income in the following year instead of the life of the loan and it usually allows him to close quicker than a conventional loan, like a bank. 

I am looking to apply the BRR method to my first property.