The benefits of this specific home was it included paid for solar panels, eliminating any electrical costs.

The benefits of this specific home was it included paid for solar panels, eliminating any electrical costs.

I would think ( depending on the numbers mind you ) that getting into the multi cheaper, having your then portion of the mortgage very much offset if not  all out eliminated and allowing you to stack cash for the next acquisition would serve the long term purpose more efficiently.This was almost the exact spot I was in years ago.

Wanted to know :If a good deal is found via any of the following:Wholesaling Vs MLS Vs Birddog Vs Seller FinancingThe realtor or a broker's role comes only when buying house listed on MLS.Wanted to know can someone directly purchase a good deal from a wholesaler or found visa bird dogging or passed on via seller financing.That way we could eliminate realtor fees and would be a win-win for the buyer and seller.

Regular routines will eliminate a lot of the headaches. 

Find out what issues will impact the insurability (ie. age of roof, prior losses, etc.) so that you can either eliminate the properties that will be a problem or budget for the fixes needed.  

Try finding a 2-4 unit property in your area that you can use to eliminate your housing expense and that will cash flow once you move out.

We're thinking that we will probably NOT stretch for a 20% down, because, even though it will eliminate PMI, it will sap our precious, limited resources.  

I got into this business to eliminate stress not create it.

In my opinion, an owner occupied covenant should completely eliminate the income approach to value or using duplexes as comparables.