Co-ops, on the other hand, involve owning shares in a corporation that owns the building and can come with more restrictions and limitations on how you can use or rent out your unit.If your goal is to dip your toes into real estate investing as a primary residence before building a portfolio of out-of-state rental properties, it may be a better idea to consider a condo over a co-op.

You can also set up with someone front-ending their API like Prycd.com.

Send me a message and we can set something up. 

The city set up a water/sewer account for my friend, but now that this situation came up, they told him they won't be billing him for the sewer charges.If we can't get the situation rectified talking to the city utility department, where do we turn to next?

This other GC of course needs to see the full set of plans to give me an accurate quote.

You are all set to begin your search.I work with a lot of out-of-state investors that like investing in Columbus because it is an investor-friendly state and properties have good cash flow and stronger appreciation.

Lenders will be limited and it will require more down payment like 20% when they should attract 1st time buyers. 

Also including the tenant friendly restrictions limiting any ability to evict still in nj

Have the power set up to come on in your name on closing day.

The non-tax Depreciation Expense (assuming 80/20 improvement to land) will result in an annual $11,132 ($382,650 * 80% / 27.5) depreciation expense which will exceed the $3,000 IRS limit but will guarantee you have no current tax liability for this investment for a long time.