I am local in the Saratoga county area and own properties in Schenectady, Ballston Spa and in the process of acquiring 6 units in Amsterdam.

The recent podcast with Avery Carl #364 discussed this for acquiring short term rentals.  

FWIW, I am still acquiring property, but more selective in searching for the best opportunities that will align with my investing plan.

This is from the actual rules under personal disclosure PERSONAL INTEREST.No broker or affiliate broker shall, either directly or indirectly through a third party, purchase for himself or attempt to purchase or acquire any interest in or option to purchase property listed with him or with his company, or property regarding which he or his company has been approached by the owner to act as broker, without first making a full disclosure of his true position to the owner of the property or to any prospective purchaser for which he has acted for as a client or customer.

The seller disclosure states that the house has had foundation issues before, but was remedied with support beams.

Through discussion about acquiring a large project, we tossed around the idea of getting a HELOC to handle the 20%. 

We are doing that right now for a client who acquired 4 garages on his rental property purchase.

Mate, you're gonna have to explain a few things, such as:-How you're acquiring this property with 0% down.

I'm also a rookie when it comes to Real Estate and in the process of acquiring my first investment property alongside my fiancee in our local region of Cleveland, OH.

They once consolidated through a cash out refi however, the father continued to acquired debt through gambling so they do not want to do it again.They are about 10 years from retirement.