I assume you know the difficulties of that.

If I were you I would not do a flip now, it is a much higher degree of difficulty than a house hack and may not deliver the results you expect. 

Basically I will probably be paying all cash for two reasons: I have had difficulty qualifying for a conventional loan due to atypical income, and to be able to close quickly in a competitive market.I'm wondering down the road when I do a cash out refi, does the lender look at my personal credit/finances as an individual, or do they look at the property itself solely as an income producing asset?

Much smaller house I have, but your siding in this area should cost 7-10k, being that these Lakewood houses have some difficulty with high third stories, neighbors house is usually in close proximity, making access difficult.Lastly the siding will increase the value In that area.

I have great tenants even in tough neighborhoods and I enjoy the work but @Jim K.has already outlined the difficulties of operating in these areas far better than I could.

The difficulty has been that I value relationship. 

Now I would say industrialreal estate investing is one step higher than commercial, withregards to difficulty entering the market and overall understandingof the investment.

House located in very hot zip code .4 beds 3 bath 2010 sqf.started with 360k lowered twice.it had 2 open houses about 10 private showings but no offer.The last customer said that slope of the driveway not good.we put ...

2) How difficult is it to obtain an FHA loan to put 3.5% down on a property?

I seem to be having a little difficulty in finding a quitclaim deed form to transfer my rental llc.