I especially dislike a woman who looks like she is a walking billboard for...whatever.   

I am allergic to cats so this makes me biased but they stink and I can usually tell there is a cat in the house as soon as I walk in. 

I too read Rich Dad Poor Dad and the lightbulb went off and kept getting brighter and brighter every time I walked into my store to clock in.

In more detail, this would be my advice, based on what friends have done:  Buy a house with a lot of bedrooms and bathrooms for its price with a walk-out basement; have other people (usually servicemembers) as roommates, renting by the room; house-hack the basement into another unit, and as long as you don't install a stove you stay legal where you aren't allowed to subdivide but you can still have a large toaster oven, a hot plate, and a full sized fridge; then you have two complete units (local-style) when you are deployed elsewhere that will result in a decent positive cashflow and, if you bought in the right place, probably appreciation; cash out whenever the market surges and invest in somewhere that cashflows better with all your profits.  

Hosting can be simple, there’s no magic to it, and it doesn’t take some insane mansion to walk away from your 9-5.

It is conveniently located next to a state university and the train to Boston is in walking distance.​

If it's not a good investment property the numbers will tell you.Jaron,We brought the present home in 2012 as our first home.Its a new construction.I did run the numbers on the existing home.As I mentioned we paid 212k in 2012.Took an FHA and refinanced to conventional a few yrs later.(3.5% for 30 yrs Balance on mortgage 160k).Mortgage runs to 1200/month.Our property can be rented out as is for 2000/month.Its a 4 bed 3 bath and rents in our community start with 2000 range for our sq footage.I want to pay off this house asap in next 5-6 yrs and free up money to invest in another house.The houses in our community are in 450k+ range.Hubby is preapproved is not the reason for another house.The other house is right opposite to our community  and is a 5 min walk from our house.So its not a big move.Except that I want to move closer to our kids friends.Our lender metioned Heloc maybe a good choice for further investments.I want to explore Home Equity Loan route to be safer.I am still a layman in Heloc route and dont want to burn fingers.Any advice.P.S.What is COC? 

I lived in an apartment complex close enough you could walk there.

You may be painting to rosey a picture of how much cash you will be walking away with after the sale. 10-15k to get it ready?

The yard of this property backs up to a beautiful park and public lake access is within walking distance.How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?