I am a fellow Syracuse resident myself.

My wife and I had our PMI removed from the loan on our primary residence in March 2013.

You can purchase a personal residence and have someone pay it off for you.

If the damage is beyond the security deposit, my mentor will inform the residents that he is going to have a handy-man come fix the damages and send the bill to the residents.Knowing how much damage can happen inside a unit, I plan to start inspecting the units in the New Year.

You could take out a FHA loan for your primary residence so that you need a small down payment.

I am planning on this being my personal residence for 1-2 years(either unit 1 or 2) and was able to get a local bank to finance with only 5% down since it's a personal residence.

I still own that SFH, but I have also bought since then a 4-plex and a 8-unit apt building.I now have a love for investing in real estate, specifically Multi-family residence and can't really get enough information of REI.

Now, you may want to make sure you have specific landlord issue coverage which may not always be present in an umbrella policy over both your primary residence and your investment property.

Background:So I'm about to close on a duplex utilizing a loan from the Veterans Affairs for a primary residence.

The neighborhood was starting to decline, not a war zone, but the houses and residents began to reflect dropping incomes and real estate prices (bad for the homeowners like them, but good for investors).Have you looked into anything in the North Linden neighborhood?