They must go through additional training and certification so be sure to verify this.

Nathan Willard if your a college student and assuming work part-time, would you be able to convince the landlord you by yourself can pay 2k in monthly rent in addition to your other expenses?

They were an older couple moving into their kid's house and the kids were finishing up an addition for them to live in.What I learned was that each lead is different, you have to be solving a problem for them to want to sell you their house.

In addition, go to the market where you want to invest, plan on attending a few local REI events.

We can rent it for the duration and In addition, the property values will  likely continue to rise, and if we are overpriced, there is better chance of keeping our expected profits. 

A lot of wholesalers will do this already and refer you to a contractor that they have at no additional charge.I am not sure the exact business model you are thinking of here.

@Peter Bui I think you need to recheck your mortgage numbers and I would anticipate additional capex and repairs in this type of product and age of the triplex.

I'm in a career field where I am likely to have multiple NCR assignments, and have many friends and colleagues there, so I should have some advantages finding quality tenants (possibly myself if I catch another assignment in the area).Budget: I'd prefer to keep it to a no down payment VA loan, which caps me around $680K, but I could put some additional down if i find a particularly good deal.Area: I'm targeting a SFM home  or townhouse in Arlington, Alexandria, or Falls Church (short commute to Pentagon and FT Belvoir), which I can rent easily to upper end military families or local professionals.

They can put a lien on your property and primary residence for additional collateral if they feel necessary.

I am willing to split the total amount of the invoice ($746.96) and pay 50% or $373.48; and, in addition, given a possible financial hardship, allow you to make monthly incremental payments towards your share of the balance ($373.48) over three months, beginning inOctober 1, 2017 and ending on December, 1, 2017.