Another option is finding a deal where the owner will seller finance some or all of the down payment portion and is okay being in 2nd position.

My short answer to that question is: Yes.So sure, you might want to or be forced to spend some or all of the cash-flow along the way, before retirement (especially if RE is your only source of income), but when you DO retire, would you prefer living off the cash flow from 5 properties, or 50 properties?

Again, the house hack is hard to argue against when the rental part covers most or all of your mortgage.

The ones coming here asking are not ready to be landlords yet, in my opinion, because their education is incomplete or inadequate.

@Andrew Michael assuming the developer used a loan to build - that is correct that the only security would be in second position - regardless of one unit or all of the units.

Hi all,Multi-part question here, feel free to answer any or all parts.

Was he reluctant or all for it?

This has always been the case, but the industry is taking strides to make it more fluid.Investor Sellers can choose to pay some or all of the buyer's agent commission (that's not new) but this can no longer be advertised through the local MLS AND this must go through the seller to the agent versus through the listing agent like it did in the past.Investor buyers must be signed with an agent to step foot in listed homes.

If one or all inherited tenants are on M2M, which is preferred, you will be in a much stronger position.

Sniping at us from 500 miles away with our helmets off due to privacy restrictions seems like a fairly inadequate approach to your frustrations with not maintaining policy compliance.