My name is Manuel, I am a new RE investor and an engineer working in energy efficiency and sustainability sector, and I am more than excited to be part of this community.

Conversations such as these will help define it further in the future.

Excited for the future and next steps.

We expect the selling price in the future > FMV when we starting renting out the unit.Am I thinking of this correctly?

Another option could be using FHA/etc instead of 20% down to leave more investment cash open for the future for my primary residence, but even then it might be rather tough to qualify for future investment property if I already have a $400k primary residence loan in my name.

I have never done this but probably will have to do in future.

@Lateeka MosleyWelcome to BP, and congratulations on making the decision to invest in your future via real estate.I have written a few blog posts that may help you get started here on BP, and with your investing.

Im trying to buy a home that will allow me to make enough cash flow so I can then buy higher quality homes in the future and build up my portfolio of properties.

For the seller, they should likely just lower the price $5k, as with an fha appraisal it sticks to that property for 6 months for any future fha buyer.

Currently, I have series LLC, but in the near future, I won't.