Do the numbers: If you buy locally, how much do you need to spend with down payment, then monthly payments?

I have a three year old son and a Wife that I am unable to spend much time with and we are struggling and I HATE it!

., resident in the forums.Click on the "learn tab" at the top of the page, and you could be spending many hours on the Information that is available.Raymond

We at least had some idea what we were doing, and how to spend the funds.  

After spending over 18 years in the healthcare industry, primarily in Nutrition & Wellness, Quality & Risk Management, Patient Safety and Performance Improvement I've decided to do something a little different.

For the sake of your business I would encourage you to spend 20 min a day responding and interacting here on the forums so as to build up credibility as some on who is knowledgeable and trustworthy.  

You may have to pay them a little but you will soon get a grasp on associated cost and it will be alot better to spend this money than having the wool pulled over your eyes.

Thank you @Brad M. that is awesome advice, especially because were trying to find a MFH as close to campus as possible (w/o spending a million lol) @Ben Leybovich Thats the sage advice I expected lol @Aaron Montague thanks for the heads up, Ive seen a few "cheap" MFH but I'm sure theres a HUGE reason.  

We have not talked numbers or financing yet but he said I can bring in an inspector to take a look around.The last piece is that I'm self employed, earning around $30k a year, no debt, around $35k in cash I'm willing to invest, though I would prefer not to spend it all on one property.  

Was a little bit more than what I want to spend at the time.