*When deciding on a rental range, its relatively easy to choose your rents as townhome communities are all the same.  

Also, YOU need to be the person who makes the monthly mortgage payment, or the seller needs to provide you with online portal access to the mortgage lender's website or have statements sent to your address / email - so that you can make sure that it is being paid.

It is easy to have five tasks partially started.

I've read a number of threads with a lot of pros and cons to both but several threads mentioned they ended up with 5 yr term etc .. rather than a 30 year term.We have a great local credit union to work with that is easy to work with and has great rates.

The advantage here is that again you can get in at a much lower minimum, and access a class of property that on your own you probably couldn't afford.

@Ben Kahle it’s not very innovative, but for assets that size we build a bank of parcel lockers using various sizes of something like this:https://www.mailboxes.com/mobile/products/4c-horizontal-mailbox-10-door-high-unit-37-1/2-inches-double-column-stand-alone-parcel-locker-4-pl5s-front-loading-usps-access/It’s much more affordable than the Amazon Hub and other similar high tech solutions.

Not such an easy feat in this market and with a wife and two children who are used to a lot more space than the downgrade will give us!

It has been under developed and yet has easy access to Pittsburgh down 28.

I recently did a deal over there with a great spread, but it was not an easy find.  

The vision of a freshly updated home is so seductive, it's easy to forget that the project will most likely come with aggravating delays and unexpected issues.