Keep in mind that if you get loans that are meant for primary residences, there could be stipulations about how long you live there to keep the loan.If you move forward with low income landlording, you may want to check out my BP podcast episode and my weekly BP member blog.I think if you are comfortable living there and are willing to put in the emotional and physical work to keep things on track, you can be successful.

Welcome to the Bigger Pockets community-be sure to check out all the awesome BP blogs under “Learn.”

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My question is how do they perform the due diligence to check out a property to determine if it is a worthwhile investment ?

Assuming they are, I'd check out pricelabs for estimated revenue to decide if it's worth it or not. 

In addition to what Dan mentioned check out the beginners guide under the education tab above. 

That way their worker's comp is taken care of, taxes, accounting, etc and we get straightforward invoices for our record keeping.

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check out adventures in CRE .com they have free models that will show you a list of inputs you need.

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