I lived in my place for 1.5 years and during that time was able to come up with another down payment for a 5% conventional (single family home with an apt attched to garage). 

I’ve not had a chance to research the percentage of households that were renting at the end of the recession as compared to before to see if there might be a potential benefit to having rental property in a period of time when people are not buying homes.Good luck with the first property!!

Redwine @redwinerealty.com found a way to make those points in every single lecture and has shared stories in her 40 years of experience about the depths people will go to that have blown my mind!

In addition to storage containers (which can be costly to have delivered depending upon where you are located) there are a few companies that actualy make a "portable" single storage building that are shipped flat and you tilt up the walls and have a rentalable "no building permit and no tax hit" unit ready to rent in a couple of hours.

Be ready to Front money to pay your contractors as you go and then wait for the bank to penny-pinch over every single expense before giving you your draw.Vitaliy

Would love some feedback of my super smart folks out there.I just picked up a single family zoned R2 that I've confirmed with the city can make a duplex.

(Please be nice lol, I am a sleep deprived, working,  single mom going to school and have no family living nearby to help with anything,  so sometimes my brain doesn’t work well).

@Tom Ott works for a turnkey company (Smartland) that primarily does single family / small (<5 unit) though they have done mid sized properties and are trying to evolve into a syndicator of even larger deals.Let the board know more about the property; how many units, what area of the city, etc and you should get some recommendations.Oren

After doing research for the past couple of months, I've decided I would like to start building a team in Columbus Ohio and start with a single family rental home within this year.I'm currently a civil engineer in the construction industry in LA.

Buy SINGLE STORY properties.