It was a foreclosure that allowed me to do some (mainly cosmetic) upgrades and sell for a profit.

I think I am mainly interested in buy & hold properties.

I see tons of houses in Milwaukee that are left to rot in the inner city by out of state landlords who probably thought it was a good idea to buy a $25,000 house that rents for $800 and just hire a property manager to deal with everything.

So let me get this straight, FHA will only consider so much of1) seller concessions part of your up front costs with their loans because they want to provide financial assistance towards mainly the purchase price of the home(?)

You can either put the signs out on Friday anytime after 5pm and take them down Sunday night(that's when city offices are closed. most cities have ordinances prohibiting bandit signs.) or you can leave the signs up, but use a phone number that can't be traced to you like a Google voice or Burner number.Also, you can hook up with a Real Estate agent, have them search the MLS for properties that have sold in the last 3-6 months and were paid for with cash.

It's a small building, and the little hall of conference rooms is right off the main entrance. 

My tuition will be taken care of, but that leaves me with nothing left over for living expenses, so I'm hoping to have continual income from a place I'm familiar with (in this case the city I grew up in) while being otherwise able to focus on my studies.

I unfortunately had to evict a tenant who is friends with one of our City building inspectors… Now I'm being dragged into court for code violations on my apartment building.

Local Cap rate is 8% for Panama City, Fl.

When I speak of using alternative building methods, I don't really feel compelled to maintain the current aesthetic level or identity associated with the concept.This is the main reason I want to go with the cookie cutter approach to building these.