In my mind, if I can't look a tenant in the eye and give them a definative "yes" or "no", perhaps business ownership isn't for me (or I should get a management company to look after things for me).Sam

My recommendation is to define your investment objective and criteria which will then help you narrow down your options.

This has absolutely nothing to do with seller financing.Second, the Final Rule of the SAFE Act as issued by HUD* is further defined by HUD commentary on what they wrote in the Final Rules.

Re-define your goals better than "flip a little than own rentals".

Many new investors are so desperate to get a deal, they forgot the most important component of investing, SAFETY & bid the property so high, more than the true value!

You simply define what cash on cash you need and then based on the debt service you can get what you can pay to achieve that.If the seller will not do that do not put yourself in a bad situation.

First step is you as an agent need to define if you want to work with investors or not.What is transacting in the area you service and at what price points??

How was the scope of work defined?

Figure out your game plan, 1 yr 5 yr etc. really define those goals.

.), it's tough to exactly plan when and how to jump out of renter mode (with a defined lease) and into owner-occupied territory without months and months of double payments.