House hacking the American dream, the American dream big house, nice car, reputable job, and to blissfully retire.

@Eric SchwakeI would recommend you speak with the non-recourse lenders: First Western Federal Savings and North American Savings Bank. 

One of the biggest repairs was putting in a new water heaterWhenever some repair came up with the house the owner would always state that “he is a bank and we would never expect Bank of American to do any repairs, but if we wanted to forgo our lease option money then we could forfeit that and he would come donthe repairs”Anywho we have moved out and he is saying the carpet needs to be replaced and that that is our responsibility and if not there is the possibility that he will sue us. 

For the majority of the north side of Milwaukee, you will be dealing with African-American blue collar people who either want to live in the same neighborhood they grew up in, or don’t want to be far from family who live in the same neighborhood or a nearby neighborhood.

My cousin works at American Eagle, great CU as well.

If you start adding other mortgages to your already existing debt load I’m guessing your DTI ratio will become too high very quickly.Car payments are the number one reason Americans don’t built wealth.

I've had students have success with First American Title with a 1031.

The most valuable takeaway for others though are probably the data sources that I found while putting this together :American Fact Finder - This was a great resource, you mix & match different demographic, economic and geographic data tablesCity Data - Pretty well known, contains a variety of information on different cities, used for crime statisticsHUD Fair Market RentsUnemployment StatisticsCensus Bureau Quick FactsAdditional Census Bureau ResourcesIt took me a while to figure out where I could find good, reliable data, so hopefully this list helps someone else who's unsure of where to look. 

Only a matter of time til these guys have an episode of American Greed on cnbc.

@Anthony Butler BP is a great resource but most of the information is American-centric as this is an American site.