Lastly, the requirements and ease of getting more-or-less conventionalfinancing also will be determined by your intended use of the property.If you are buying it as your primary residence and will be living in it, then getting financing will be a lot easier than if you were buying it as an investment property to be rented out.

Or just wait and see if he gets a buyer.Oh, and if my life weren't simple enough, in NINE DAYS WE'RE CLOSING ON OUR RESIDENCE AND MOVING OUT OF STATE.

We're in escrow selling our residence and it's 7.6%, I just saw my preliminary HUD-1.Rehab time.

A buddy of mine in college became a broker and we recently reconnected.I asked him about real estate investing and told him I am looking strictly for bargains, etc.His advice was "always buy your own place first before you start investing in rental property.

We also have a very large mortgage on our personal residence.

I purchase a short sale home as my primary residence for 189k just over 4 months ago.

My local Realtors must win over 80% of all the listings in my neighborhood just because they keep in touch and engage with the residents.

I never even saw a primary residence loan program that was 100% No Doc.

You're looking for a primary residence, not an investment property.

When a neighborhood gets sloppy yard care and lots of student flags and beer kegs, older residents move out and even investors will buy.