This could have been placed under either heading because there are benefits to both - but for the Buyer, there are verified records of payments made, tax reports, the ability to pay using ACH, generating payoff statements, and more...2.

A two- or three-unit property for $700k to $1.2mm may be more obtainable.And to address your concerns about paying the mortgage if you don't have tenants: When underwriting and analyzing a property using Bigger Pockets calculators or other analysis tools you have the ability to include vacancy in your analysis.

For that the lender will look at the income producing ability of the property with less weight on your income and debt-to-income.

Agree very much, with real estate you can have more direct control on your investment, there is an awesome ability to leverage to scale and grow more quickly, and you get some great tax and income benefits along the way

If it's a sfr, you'd have to get a pretty good deal(or ability to add to it) on it for it to cash flow for a long term rental.

I haven't found an issue hitting over $1M in purchase price, it's actually staying within my abilities to have a 25% down payment, funds for property updates and 9-12 months of P&I payments that I have to watch with these markets.

The landlord, having complied with all applicable notices and advisements required by law seeks in good faith to recover possession so as to un-dertake Primary Renovation Work of the rental unit or the building housing the rental unit, in accordance with a Tenant Habitability Plan (THP) accepted by the Department, and the tenant is unreasonably interfering with the landlord’s ability to implement the requirements of the THP by engaging in any of the following actions: a.

Also, I have the ability to purchase an underperforming asset that has potential of increasing that yearly cash flow to $20,000-$25,000 per year, in 12 to 18 months, using proven methods of doing so.  

The wealth of information available and ability to connect with other investors that have the same drive is quite amazing. 

I don't feel that this is a fair since my lenders ability to close on time is out of my control.