Ideally you would want to visit the markets you are considering buying in, check out the turnkey providers and run your own numbers.

The place has an ideal location, but is going under due to management.I talked to one partner and asked if she wanted to sell.

She took out an auto title loan to pay me back and we signed a mutual release of the contract.Update: Now it's a year later and every couple weeks she sends me an email or leaves me a voicemail at 3am about how I screwed her over and she's onto me as if I'm doing something to her now which I am not.

Ideally looking for another MI wholesaler to share, but am unfamiliar with the differences if they exist. 

I'm no economist, but I think that Detroit's issues stemmed from an economy supported almost entirely by the auto industry, which then shifted its operations overseas.

Dave and Joel, thank you for those ideas, I would ideally like to remain here in Venice CA (LA) while my mother and father are still alive, I guess the best thing that could happen would be to REFI and get the loans consolidated1st 470k 5.875% fixed 30 11 years in already2nd 250k 3.40% Adjustable till 2017 then principal as well!

Ideally I would like to do a house hack where I live in one of the units and rent out the other 2.

I deal with several agents on a daily basis whether it be for appraising or investing.

Our opinion is that an R/V ratio of 0.7% is a minimum with an ideal number closer to 1.0%.  

The broker was talking out loud about a 2nd mortgage, but said it wasn't ideal.