And you learn from the school of hard knocks...Are you saying that an investor that buys an NPN with the intent to liquidate by foreclosure is "a greedy pig that does not care?" 

I found a local lender who offered a pretty interesting product (at least from the standard stuff I've seen)First Time Home OwnersOnly 5% DownNO PMI3.75% InterestIncome Limits Waived for the Area we are LookingProperty we are looking at is asking $399k but we believe $350 is much more fair.

You will then ad schedule E to your personal income tax return and get depreciation on the rented units.

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We'd manage the deal & offer to liquidate in 5 years (wife's retirement) so if you know of someone, I'd love to chat. 

It is a product they offer for those unable to utilize the VA loan, however after calling them for the second time to verify that I would qualify they stated that it can only be used for secondary properties but not rentals.

@Tim Ivory, Sorry more bad news.  1031 is only an option for properties you have purchased with the intent of holding for productive use. 

You can use Lumber Liquidators for hardwood competitive pricing, Kuiken Brothers,Allied Building, Ferguson Plumbing for supplies, Feldman Brothers in Paterson for electrical needs and probably many more i missed. 

When it comes to furniture you should get quality looking product but that doesn't mean you have to spend a ton of money on it.

On Zillow is there any way to set it up so they can just e-mail us their info vs setting an appointment time?