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REI is great, but hopefully there's someone left to care for our ailing bodies:)

All tips or pointers you have would be very helpful for navigating the area and property type I am looking at.

I don't see someone buying this type of property when there is not much money to be made even after you put in and fix it up it would be worth about 75,000 and the note needs to be paid which only leave 7,000 profit which doesn't include closing costs and of course anything I could scrape off.

I've not seen any special provisions either.That question would seem to have an issue in fair housing, also if that student were also a covered applicant type leading the claim further. 

I know that a multifamily property with an FHA could be an option for us but in Northern VA, there aren't many of these types of properties that I have seen.  

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Do you know other investors that are interested in this type of rental property or are you yourself interested in additional properties of this nature?

Type of property?

What type of projects are you working on?