I don't want to get into too many specifics yet but its a 3 family, 3 bedroom/unit with the first floor needing some rehab after a somewhat destructive tenant w/dogs.  

Thank you @Andrew LeBaron I particularly like your idea of throwing the big dogs a bone and eavesdrop on the conversation.  

I am new to the real estate world and I heard a lot about FHA loans and renting out duplexes so you can live for "free" however I realized that I don't enough money to even pay the 3.5% down payment and was hoping that someone could suggest ways to make side cash in real estate besides bird-dogging (the only I know how to make side cash in real estate)

I suppose if we found the right place we could live there while it gets fixed, but with a dog and two cats that doesn't sound like the best plan.Anyways, thanks for the advice!

Most people are talking about being a bird dog and wholesaling as a way to make money in real estate with no money down.

Hi @Nick ConnellyI, too, am an IT guy living in Charlotte with my wife (no son, just dog).

Reward good behavior and on time rents and wash their minds and activities of how things used to be.

For those of you that accept dogs, how do you deal with dog waste in the yard?

Not to mention garbage cans of cat and dog poop and mountains of garbage and food!  

I just got accepted into a 10 month program in Fort Worth, Texas before I complete one of my degrees, so I will be living there temporarily in a multi-family home with my dog.