Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

My question is whether it’s a bad idea to put 20% down and continue renting my own place because of the convenience factors including being able to walk to work (and I work long/late hours).

Smart idea to try to connect and build a team to learn from/work with. 

If you bring the vendor and then are NOT happy with the quality of the work, timing or change order pricing - who are you going to hold accountable?

Investment Info:Townhouse buy & hold investment in Wesley Chapel.

The problem with S8 buildings is they can hold an area back that would otherwise be in the "Path of Progress".

These are rough estimates, but thought it'll be a good idea to get some opinions on it.I'm planning to house hack with 3.5% down using an FHA loan on a duplex that markets at around 700k in LA/OC area.

Location is the key, a lot of investor are learning and getting use to the idea of out of state investing for this exact reason.

There are other services, and they will simply put out a higher volume of calls vs some of these VAs Any idea how much Lamassu leads cost?

Typically they are not really online teaching, but might hold a class or two here or there throughout the year.I would also attend some of your local REIA meetings.