The benefits of this house over that are 1) its a SFH rather than a duplex, so you aren't sharing a building/driveway with another family, 2) this house is a good chunk bigger in terms of SF, 3) the duplex has 2 outdoor parking spots, this has an attached 2 car garage, 4) the duplex has no real yard but the SFH has a nice sized fenced in back yard, 5) less traffic at night on the street (but still these are both on busy 4 lane streets).I'm assuming 1800 because I think that's a safe bet.  

That house is a couple of years older, but in similar condition and 200 square feet larger.Pull the listing and re-list at $199,000, and I bet you get interest.

We get this all the time and your best bet is to be honest.

Agree, best bet is to find a partner or see if the owner is willing to carry the note while you operate.  

I bet you could, it's kind of like buying subject to the sellers old mortgage.

Her best bet would be to take out a line of credit.

We are a couple of late-20s full-time working stiffs who want to get started in the buy and hold space.Motivated by @Brandon Turner's podcast stories, we think a house hack may be our best bet to start off. 

I'm betting it was Ch. 7 and that the trustee "abandoned" the  "asset".  

Your Local REIA group would probably be your best bet.

I haven't run the math but I bet that would work.The downsides are the lack of parking and the fact that the other tenants and condo assoc. might object.