I'm a real estate investor who currently lives in Washington, DC.

The reason is their team is focused on selling a volume of listings to eek out a living.

The StoryI was on Instagram and saw an Ad of this Swedish guy, Anton Wormann, https://www.businessinsider.com/moving-to-japan-abandoned-ho... who lives in Japan and has been taking old abandon homes (Akiyas) in Japan, renovating them, and turning them into Airbnb.

Hi Colton I live in the area and have done 2 live in flips on my 3rd and also have purchased 1 BRRRR property in Alabama which has been tough but got it done.

Don't know if anyone mentioned this already or not, but check to be sure your RE license will allow you to manage property on a commission basis for other people without a CAM license.  

The home is small and old but everything is working as far as water (public), septic tank, stove, electric, etc.It does look outdated though (and in my opinion ugly), so I’m thinking of perhaps replace it with another used mobile home that’s in good condition and built at least in the 90s.My plan is to live there and flip it after a year or so.

OpportunitySuburban area ne Springfield MALarge Living Space area How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

To figure the expense of furnishing, you could use this rule of thumb: $10-15k for the unit itself (things like appliances, living room furniture) and $2-3k/bedroom.

I live in the SF bay area, renting half a duplex in Sunnyvale ($2500/mo) and I'd like to find some way to live in this area long term buy obviously I've got to be clever about it.  

As the title suggests, I'll be living there, while renting out the bottom portion for income.