Before I committed to getting into real estate investing, I didn't think it was very well known.

Plus, my ratio of [leads] to [time I have to analyze leads] is way too low… I feel like I’m not actually doing the work that finds me deals.I’ve heard about all these different ways to get leads and I’m gung-ho for trying them - but I just thought I’d pose the question to the community before I commit to following a bad system for months on end – why find out the hard way that I chose a poor system when people already know what works, right??

The college market is even more complicated as most sellers want CASH commitments, for over 3 months so they can go shopping for something better with YOUR CASH. 

@Sean Lasher  It's a shame that you began your investing journey with a company that doesn't honor it's commitments or provide adequate communication. 

He made a commitment to you and he needs to honor it.

But since you already know you wouldn't be living in the house, I think that technically you would be committing mortgage fraud. 

One condition of my financing is that I utilize the property as a primary residence for at least one year which I have no problem committing to – in this situation I would occupy the efficiency which would bring gross annual rental income to $3,150.

I'll be doing some self reflection on where I would like to be for the long haul and then make the jump to commit to a course. 

My wife and I are committed to starting our investing journey in 2021.

If your family member is committed to listing by owner than I’d definitely recommend that it be listed on Zillow.