It seems to be attracting buy and holds in hopes there is a turnaround to capitalize on.

The more rentals you buy are you really retiring early?

Well I wanted to buy a home and that was the only thing I found within my price range How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

The longer he stays it gives him a chance to save up the move in money for a new place and maybe buy a new 70" TV and Xbox once he finds a sucker landlord that doesn't check and see that he was just evicted

Adding additional assets, a familiar market, buying a house "for free" as I call it, and gaining experience with lower level of risk How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

That being said, if I am in a market that does not have these metrics but want to buy and operate, I may stay in my market because it will be easier to run the operations full time.It comes down to your goals, and what you want to accomplish.Good LuckGino

Most non-QM lender penalize you as if you are buying down the rate to zero.

Would it be smart for us to sale our primary, take the equity, buy our family home, then begin saving to buy our first rental property?

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Lineville.

Any input would be greatly appreciated. there's a lot of ways like petitioning, confidential sale price, buying other assets to offset and depreciating them in year one, etc. but the main way I would do it is to invest in ground up developments with tax abatements which pushes even higher cash flow and then to keep them as retained earnings or in a non taxable structure depending on your equity position.