If you can qualify for an owner-occupied loan, I'd buy a duplex to fourplex near your schooling.

The debt, the resulting credit rating are the stumbling blocks That said, I am highly skilled and can make the moves necessary to change that.

It depends on your skill set and what you’re willing to put up with.

@Don NelsonPenFed - Pentagon Federal Credit Union If you don't meet their government/military membership requirements then you can always make a small donation to their charity to qualify.

Since banks use debt-to-income to qualify/approve you for a loan, how do you get around the "debt" part, since income isn't yet established?  

The new 20% pass-through deduction can be a huge tax saving for those who qualify. 

Wanted to see what some other skilled investors thought on these numbers. 4 units total of just under 13,000 square feet of warehouses in area renting for $11 sq/ft and ARV of $118 per sq ft for sale 

If you qualify for an owner occupied purchase, no one check on yiu if you moved in.

If they do this, the seller is Already contractually committed, he doesn’t get to pick and choose, and the terms/closing timelines are already set.But on the other hand, since the other buyer Had the contingency of selling their current home, they likely can’t qualify for the loan on this house yet.

When we first formed our company, the agreement was, I would find and qualify the prospects and he would close the deals.