Where I've looked, it seems that you can get rid of the pmi once you hit 78% with the fha loan...do you know where I might find this out more definitively?

Roberto Santana to answer your question about starting out or getting rid of debt.

I don't want to be buying peoples' "trash" or notes they are looking to get rid of themselves.

If the seller can not get rid of the tenant you walk on the deal.

We just found bedbugs in one of our properties and we are needing to spray both sides of the duplex to get rid of them.

Have you gotten rid of all the junk that you have in the house that someone else might want to pay for?

I know mom and pop novice landlords are often pretty eager to pay bribes to get rid of tenants, not sure how a company will respond. 

Scenario- owner X  has a property he wants to get rid of without making a profit.

I think it's a fairly generous policy but it limits my losses to 15 days rent before filing and it gets rid of habitual late payers that can't/won't get with the program.

I don't know how to get rid of the bullets in this post :-( but I will recommend you contact the VA for the best up to date info on this subject before you see the lender or real estate agent