I am attracted to this because it would get my foot in the door with very little money, generate a nice monthly income, and allow me to get my feet wet and experience rentals without doing a full blown renovation or needing a lot of cash. 

The house is gutted, and at $35/ sq foot for 900 sq feet of renovations.

I've never really looked into it but there was somebody on here that posted about a company that's willing to foot part of your down payment for a share of your equity, maybe you can Google that one it may have something that helps.

Thank you for teaching me how to get my foot in the door of real-estate!

How does one go about finding retail companies to fill a 19000 sq ft building in a very small coastal South Georgia town.  No industry there except shrimping and fishing industry.  We have had a retail tenant for 15 y...

Any time is a good time to get in to front strange real estate, and house hacking is a great way to slide that foot in the door. 

Working with an owner currently who is settling for over $250,000 on a "contractor" when his 1099 helper fell off a  2 foot step  ladder.

-- A guarantee speaks volumes about their confidence in managing your investments - although just remember to look at the fine print - but always look for 'performance based'6.

I think of having a smaller carbon footprint by not relying on a car to get where I need, or sharing resources and infrastructure from a central network.

Search or have a realtor search for the highest price per square foot units that have sold in your market recently (recently can be more or less time depending on the volume in your market).