I personally would recommend investing in discounted single family residences.

I did take advantage of the first year homebuyer program and after 3 years as my primary residence, I don't have to pay the first time homebuyer refund back.

We furnished our personal residence with blinds from them and each window was roughly half the cost for a good, quality blind.

Sounds like you are dealing with a greedy banker that would provide a loan for an investment property and also want to have it secured with your residence.

Stuff that we already have laws for.If I were a tenant, I would not want some government agent entering my residence.

Suburbs, not so much but I know all the neighborhoods and who comprises residents in those areas.

A home being purchased through the HUD program must be used as a primary residence.

Earth homes used to be popular in the 70's but they rarely build them these days and they can be a pain to resell.If you are looking to purchase this as a personal residence and you plan to do much of the work yourself and you like this type of home, then maybe it will work.

These can be reduced by making sure that you get good tenant.I personally would recommend investing in discounted single family residences.

I prefer to keep my investments separate from my residence.