The rest, RIG IT and sell.

Other than the first 4 places(growing up and living with my parents as they moved up the economic ladder), the reasons for the rest can be summed up in 3 words: I`m a renter :cry:

I'd like to jump in so that I can stop wondering about what it will be like living paycheck to paycheck for the rest of my life.

They can manage the rest of the process.

Does the rest of this sound normal? 

I'm 24 yrs old and want to buy a 2-4 unit rental that I can stay in one and rent the rest.

Probably about 20% of the loans I do are coded "Fannie Only" or "Freddie Only" -- the rest are 100% conforming with both sets of guidelines, so we just sell to whoever offers the most money (which often times is neither Fannie or Freddie).

So it just depends if you have narrowed down what city you wish to live in or if you are flexible.This also means  that if you are not ok with living with roommates in your house, you can purchase a house that has more than one unit to live in and rent the rest of the property out.

A buyer needs to earn $257,000 to afford the area’s median price of $1.3 million.San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles and Boston are the rest of the U.S.’ five priciest cities for buying.Phoenix is still the most affordable city in the West on the list.

If you have a ton of surplus money you can invest some now for experience and wait to invest the rest until the cap rates rise again.