Unless the tenant was a federal employee, I expect to never recover a single dime.

Hello, my name is Nick Knight and I am moving out of my house and am looking to rent my single family home out and begin my landlording career.

So I'm looking for some guidance from the bigger pocket community.Basically it's myself and two other people who are pooling money for a down payment on a single family home out of state. ( I know this brings up a whole bunch of questions as to why am I not doing a Multi instead, why is it out of state, etc., but we wanted to start with a SFH to get started and understand all the moving pieces before moving on to another property.)Where I'm getting caught up is the complexity of working with other people on this deal.

@Roberto Torres is working with a Single Family Residence ( a very large  SFR) which he may be able to get 80% LTV.  

We have flipped one single family and intend to do another before moving into multi-family. 

I bet he'd love to get in on this!

I think your best bet is to reach out to the commercial broker agencies in your area and ask them about the process.

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Oakland.

Purchase price: $632,500

Cash invested: $75,000

House hack! Split level sf in north Oakland

Is there a comparable Website for searching “Homes for Sale by Owner” as the MLS for Agency Listings? And, have you been more or less successful with Homes for Sale by Owner?

I've got a 2000 SQFT single-family in Thornton coming vacant unexpectedly in mid-December, and it's going to need paint/carpet throughout the interior.