I've got about 7k in an emergency savings account.I am in the process of getting several mortgage pre-approvals to compare fees and get an idea of how much home I can realistically afford.I have yet to find a buyer's agent/investor to help me identify potential homes but will start on that shortly.Ideally, I would like to buy a single family home.

I've wanted to share the episode with friends and family but I can't track it back down. ....

What's a good percentage down for a seller finance deal for multi family six unit and bigger?

I did it privately, not telling friends/family.

I am looking for some 3 families right now, but slim pickings out there.

@Heath D Wallace I hope your brother will give you the "family discount" ;-)

Also, are you looking for SFR, mult-family, etc? 

I’m focused on single-family properties right now.

My name is Carlisle, but friends and family know me as Mike.

But he did take a loss that set his family back quite a bit, caused a lot of stress in his marriage, prevented them from being able to buy the new home his wife wanted with the right number of bedrooms for his kids, set him back years in saving for retirement and buying investment properties that could have made him money instead of losing money, etc.