A similar style home was purchased by another investor last month for $179k and is currently up for lease at $1295/month.

The prep to make this prevent water damages to the rest of the house will cost more than anything saved.Subway tile is in style and super cheap if shopped around. 

I found this deal by driving the neighborhood and tracking down the owner cold call style.

Has spacious bedrooms, one full bathroom upstairs and a half bath downstairs, living room, fireplace, granite countertops, refrigerator included, new interior paint throughout, high ceilings & skylight offer natural sunlight, indoor utility room, Relax and enjoy the patio with family and friends.

The credit unions often maintain these style loans and refer to them as "house loans".

If you're using a real estate agent for example, you can have them make that one of the search criteria in the MLS.If you do feel you have to go with condominiums, then yes town houses are better than apartment-style units simply because they look more like single families.

Without seeing the property and style of house and not knowing the square footage and not knowing what you want to accomplish, it generally goes like this.1.

Don't be one of those people.I use this story a lot -- 5 years ago, when the market wasn't even as hot as it is now -- I sold my 1 bedroom "loft style" home in South Philly to a NY cash buyer.

Gov Newsom is signing laws like it’s going out of style!

Start with Craigslist and look for similar properties to yours in comparable neighborhoods (# of beds, baths, same square feet, condition, and style ie SFR, duplex, apartment, etc).