@Wesley Pittman - Everything I've been seeing points to the property needing to be owner occupied in order to assume the loan, if this is not the case, then that opens the door to assuming the loan for me@Chris Davidson - Two.

If not then you should be on schedule E.Pretty much  impossible to be a RE professional if you have W2 income. 

Homes that are "modular" are partly constructed in a factory and then assembled on the building site, otherwise they are just like any stick-built home with the same code requirements.A lot of people have made millions with manufactured homes.

Then you attend the super-duper conference and he will sell you his one-on-one coaching.

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

For those that chose to buy a home at a duty station they then have to decide to sell when they are transferred or hold on to the property.

I'm particularly passionate about Muti-family, buy and hold, and lending.Outside of real estate, I am a contractor with over 35 years of woodworking. we as a company have done ever thing from large conferences tables , to President Obama's front porch.   

If you have experience using any of the tech platforms like Blend, Floify then thats a plus, if not that's fine too.

I've seen clients live upstairs and rent out the basement on Airbnb, so you get the best of both worlds, privacy and your own space while the lucrativeness of Airbnb, so you can definitely live for free or close to it with this strategy. 3) Combo - you can easily do both strategies if you find a house with a walkout basement or separate entrance to the basement, and if you and your significant other are willing, you can Airbnb the basement and then rent out the rooms upstairs.

Pick an area that you want to specialize in, and then work on it hard!