If you are a beginner like me, make sure you know the finer details and clearly explain what you are doing before you do it!

Give some more detail about what paperwork she has been given, and you will get better advice.

There are numerous posts here that talk about the details of the math for both flipping and renting, so I'll only briefly summarize here.

Hard to analyze without more details.

Hard to explain without going into to much detail.

The details I posted were in-town numbers.

You can go to your local Section 8 office and pickup a landlord packet that will describe the Section 8 program in detail.

I don't know the details but I have seen some of the sale prices that have gone way under market value because he needs the cash fast.

Write up a cover letter explaining why you are visiting that banker and detail out your business plan for your rentals.

Seriously, I left the health care field in 2006 (was a critical care nurse for 20 years) and found that male nurses who wanted to climb the ladder into management did so at a greater pace than their female counter parts.