This is why ideas like VA loans for house hacking are worth exploring.VA loans for veteransFHA first time home buyers’ loansConventional bank loansFannie Mae & Fannie Mac housing loan programsSeller-based financingSome of these are very easy to get approved for while others require more paperwork, steps, or negotiation.Don’t settle just for the easiest route.

Purchase price: $175,000 Cash invested: $51,000 Sale price: $273,000 A single family flip, it had foundation work done, we had to do sewer work to fix the settling and and make it look more contemporary, closed some walls to add a room

I am curious about what you settled on and what your experience was?

After I get settled in, I plan to start looking for properties to rehab/flip.

Later on in 5 or so years I can sell the property or I can retain it, settle everyone or instead draw equity out of the property later on and find another great investment. 

We have not settled on an agent yet, it's difficult to tell if their contacts will work for us before we begin working with them. 

A family that can't afford a 80K home Must settle for paying $800 rent.

I'm looking to invest in US cities and currently in the researching stages on which market to settle in for buy-and-hold rentals.

So I would only be in the Philadelphia area for another 6-8 months.I've been reading a lot of posts/advice about how you should invest in real estate once you're settled somewhere and able to handle the properties in close proximity.

@Kevin O'Brien I would be prepared to settle for a slightly lower LTV depending on when exactly you plan to cash out.