A 203k loan may also be another route.

The road ends at an intersection where both of our driveways start and he could have easily place the gate at the beginning of his road. 

Purchase price: $365,000 Cash invested: $20,000 2 bedroom, 1 bath Duplex located right on route 140 by the Franklin Train Station.

Sounds like you already do a bit of networking so if that's in your wheelhouse then maybe an organically assembled group of coaches is the better route?

I've went this route and it involved sitting down with the seller and calling the bank together.

I am just learning about private investors and was wondering if that might be a route for him.

We'd rather go this route than a more traditional fix and flip or straight-up house hack. 

Near schools and a major intersection (not far from amenities).

If you go down the LLC, commercial loan route, your banker has provided you what your options are. 

It is a frustration for many agents....showing 5-6 houses and 4 are on showingtime and therefore super easy to make appointment and get information for showing, schedule route, get directions, etc...and then you get to the two that make you go back and forth and round and round for the info....so you start out with a bad taste for many agents.MLS allows 36 pictures....we don't have a lot of magic stats for MLS and who hits what and why, but the 1 thing we do know is more pictures do get more hits.