This also keeps risk from one deal separated from risks of another deal (whether slip and fall lawsuit risk or investment performance risk).  

If you've been reading up on all the stuff here on BP you already know that.I don't think Gwynns Falls or Leakin Park is up and coming the way some other places in Baltimore are "up and coming" (and still coming but not there to wherever the heck its going), but there are investors there, as I've seen stuff pop up but there is nothing there that works for me, but that's me.

In the Fall of 2017, I'm looking to buy a house in a college town with an FHA loan for myself and roommates to live in.

It is a tool that depreciates and eventually falls apart.Pay the smallest amount of cash for a decent used vehicle that will meet your needs.  

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Prices (for new purchases) fall with a constant NOI; The CR raises, not falls.But I was under the impression pretty much all loans for commercial multifamily properties were 5 to 7 year terms, with much longer amortization periods, so it's good to know there's at least a chance for 20-30 year fixed rate term loans for commercial stuff.

If they have all you can really do is offer to be a backup and hope that it falls through. 

ABOUT MEI am currently a stay at home mom and my youngest son starts Kindergarten in the fall.

RE is an industry that tends to reward those who stay liquid and wait for things to fall into their lap.

Based on historic rates and assuming timely payment the balance of the loan should fall between $68,000-72,000.