Doing it this way allows you to ease your way in and costs you less up front - down payment for an owner-occupied property is much lower than an investment property, you may qualify for down payment assistance and can even use funds as a gift from a family member if that's an option. 

Property owners have operating expenses that are rising just as fast as everything else in society. 

It sold FHA so it is an owner occupant as well, not an investor, in 17 days on market.While were on the subject, does being near railroad tracks affect rent rates?

Most owners title policies we've seen state they don't cover anything that could have been found in a recent survey, so we feel it's important to budget for and purchase both survey and owners' title together.

Hi Steven:Steven if cash is a problem for you then you might want to utilize owner finance as your means to secure a property for yourself or to flip.

Just go to the lender tab on this site and look at some of the bigger more established companies..

In Los Angeles, the owner who builds the JADU must sign a covenant stating owner-occupancy, but there's no enforcement.

I got wind that what the new owner did and they are making $1600 for 3 month leases.

So MF unit over 15 years old is rent controlled (with a couple exceptions mostly for owner occupied 2 units) and MF unit that is under 15 years old is not rent controlled (again with some exceptions but they are unlikely to be applicable).  

Could I as the property owner sell my own LLC the property, and could I do a defered down payment for the 25% that most lenders seem to want?