You need to focus on the areas where there is a large price spread between a rehabbed and a non rehabbed property.

I have a friend that owns some condos over by Ft Dietrich....but I think they are non warrant able which means they are hard to finance.

Pricing your home will be the hardest part of going FSBO because we are a non disclosure state you can't really tell what homes were sold for around your home.

And, owner-occupants who want to live in one side of the duplex are also bidding up these properties.Consider the following factors that can make a big difference in your ROI:- What will non-homestead taxes cost you?  

I recently foudn a good lender with an asset based product in the 75% LTV (30% noncourse for IRA, non-US resident etc) 6.75-7.5% range, 10-30 year terms (it does depend on the specific properties and which investor might buy the loan so he can't give you a quote without more info) and VERY IMPORTANTLY 30 DAY FUNDING!  

That is if the house is owned free and clear along with being purchased with 100% non-financed cash.

I think there good and bad people in S8 and non S8.The issue is you have to deal w/ the government, which is (of course) slow.and the market rent tends to be less.I have heard that, since this is an entitlement program, that you will have drama. again, comes down to screening.I would think S8 tenants would want to do good as they fear they can lose their voucher.

So my question is this, how will buying a (non owner occupied) rental property first, impact buying a primary residence later (hopefully in a few years) with a low percentage down or first time buyer type loan ?  

Buyers depend on a thorough in depth home inspection and a good faith disclosure on the sellers side ...what is my recourse for remediation against fraud. Pembroke Pines FL  

If she is not a US citizen then there are some other very stringent rules regarding non-US citizens and doing 1031 exchanges.