In my opinion my personal residence is not an investment.In your situation, my focus would be on selling my current home quick at a price that is acceptable and the new home I'm buying is where I want to live.Hope this helps.

I am a recent college grad residing, and hopefully soon investing, in Racine, WI (between Milwaukee and Chicago).

I would like to speak with the landlord to find out about the current tenants and to talk about the possibility of owner financing, and I would like to get some kind of application and list of previous residences from the current tenants, but the real estate agent says I can't speak directly to either of them - I'm still learning about the etiquette involved.

I'm sure a few folks will disagree with me on this from Atlanta, but I'm an Atlanta resident, and have been since 1986.

Being a long term resident of San Antonio, I am perplexed as to where in San Antonio that it is so impoverished that it garners intervention of the federal government.

Not your same situation, but we have found out that you need to be even more careful on investment property closings than you are on personal residences as there seem to be more protections in place now for owner occupants but not for investment property.

Possible option would be for me to live in the servant quarters for a year to get primary residence.

We have made extensive repairs (more than I planned on, honestly) including a substantial re-wire, plumbing repairs, new roof, insulating of the attic, and we plan to re-side this summer.

I am currently a resident of the city of Milwaukee, and I am also employed by the local government as programmer.

Remember, any money you have tied up in your primary residence is money that is not out there working for you making you more money.