Not all crimes are the same and it depends on what the person has done since then.  24 years is a long time...unless it is someone who beat his wife, then hell no.  

This can help give you an idea of what what type of rate you could get for your house.It's also a plus that your close to Randolph AFB too. 

Compare average rental rates to ensure the potential income will cover expenses and provide a good return on investment. 

Whether the lender allows it will depend on the ratio required.

This will greatly depend on your end goal for investing Kevin.

Depending on your age, that may be a small amount at the beginning, but it gets to be a bigger percentage of each account as you get older and your life expectancy gets shorter (according to the IRS table). 

So, if I am planning to use FHA loan to buy multi-family (2-4units), I can only afford duplex at this moment because of high interest rate, right?

This is the primary reason we don't have even more business than we do, interest rates are too high.My question is how does one start a lending company, not a brokerage?

As a lender, that is a much safer business decision than offering you a 5% interest rate mortgage, with zero equity.

They allow up to 8 agents in the area and the price depends on the location, yeah, $2000/25 leads.