Section 8 can be good as long as your unit passes the program's housing quality standards, but with all that student debt she'll certainly need some supplemental under the table income, if she makes too much on the books she'll lose that voucher and possibly not be able to afford the unit anymore..

You can do a two year lease if it is a right fit.

Perhaps that particular bank can't do a 2 unit home on a 1 unit lot(R1) on their portfolio program.

We don't have a lot of money to put down, so our monthly payments will be $1300-1320 for mortgage, property tax, and all necessary insurance programs.

What I mean by that, is that I inquired with quite a few local banks what loan programs, rates, rules (overlays), etc they had in preparation for me buying several more rental houses around the beginning of last year.I really liked what Union Bank had to offer because they were a portfolio lender and could be more flexible with the number of loans allowed.

Not hard to build, hardest part is steps and moldings and fitting the wall to ceiling isn't hard, just time consuming.

The First Look program is not new to Jan 2, 2014.

Any recommendations of anyone who fits that criteria would be greatly appreciated.

A couple thingsNot sure if NC has this, but in MI the utility companies have landlord programs.

This is just 1 cent of a hundred dollar program for you