Focus on school and income for qualification and house-hack once you are stable. 

I invest in single-family residence primarily focused on cash flow and looking for my first deal. 

@Anthony Marucci I focus on the BRRRR strategy so my number is base on rental income.

As this article highlights, there are some big, modern, exciting things happening in the Magic City, and our ambitious new Mayor is focused on bringing Birmingham - and its reputation - into the 21st century. 

We would like the freedom to focus on those goals, while having a baseline income from rental properties. 

In this case, I will pass; I'd rather focus on better rated areas in my first deals and then see if slum lording would actually fit my profile.This particular deal called my attention to analyze, but I'm more focused on flipping and BRRRR in other areas in Florida.Thanks!

Does anyone know of a good, reasonably priced CPA in the Charlotte area to help me set up all things business related?  I have a property management rental/sales company and a couple separate LLC's for personal real e...

Not rocket science but such a powerful technique!

@Paul Caporali A 1031 does has the power to help you broaden your real estate investing.

From what I'm hearing from local note investors, many of them focus on NPN acquired directly from hedge funds given the steady increase in foreclosures.