We do not want to deal with coins and maintaining.Can anyone recommend a laundry service that they feel does are great job of maintaining their equipment and offer a fair split?

My father has long paid off his home, and is planning on selling it to me within a year, as well as cutting me a small break with the final asking price. 

I have a painter that I like who could probably handle some smaller handyman jobs as well.

My husband started side jobs doing property preservation, and home inspection (He's licensed).

Your job is to find real numbers then go from there. 

Most guys on this site have a W2 job, so long-term control on a purchase money mortgage is a great play if the terms make sense.

It is interesting, it will add 25,000 jobs in New York and the Washington DC area.

Hey @Mike Chmielewski - This is a bit of a grey area, but realistically, if this is your first home, & within commutable distance to your employer, and you'd like to owner occupy it, that's a really straight forward transaction.People move for legitimate reasons quickly all the time - (Job location change, not comfortable in the area, opportunity to move into a single family, etc.)Happy to chat a bit further about this offline.

As I have a full time job I'm looking to become a silent partner in a larger investment.

So you have two options: Put down $45,000 for the privilege of spending $1,567 a month (base case scenario at $850 rent per unit), living in a worse part of town, and taking on a part time job as a landlord, or stay in your current rental for $1,050 a month.So, the question is, why are you even considering this?