My fear is if we don’t buy now in SF soon and instead use money to invest elsewhere we will get priced out of owning in SF (we have 2 kids and we know we want to be in SF long term) I am a stay at home mom but my hope is to get a job in real estate so I can learn.

I still had 10 months in contract and was thinking that i can rent out the full duplex while staying in my apartment.

The first night she stayed there she said she had bedbugs.

A trusted mortgage broker told me that if I stay in a my second property for at least one night, I can consider it a secondary home versus investment property and therefore get a better interest rate. 

I stay away from the MLS when doing Subject To's because of those facts.

I plan on staying in the master bedroom and renting out the 2 other bedrooms to help with the mortgage. 

This is probably a really really basic question but I have 2 people who are friends, interested in sharing a room. 1 of them will be leaving in a couple of months, but the other one would stay.

It is great to meet another Chicagoan doing 203k — I just sent you an invite to connect, would love to stay in touch!

I strongly recommend you stay conservative with your Analysis.

I gave them space but I stayed around.