@Roy N.Still looking for advice on my original two questions if you have any insight. a) Finding off market deals in the condo/apartment/townhouse spaceb) Equipping yourself to deal with negotiating off market deals Getting a handle on both the above items would be hugely beneficial.

Thats true Upen but its good to note that generally only the base or salary income can be used for qualification with out any waiting periods assuming the same industry.Using bonus/overtime/ auto reimbursement/commissions from a prior job will be hard to carry over unless it was a near identical position in the same industry like car sales man at chrysler to car sales man at a ford dealer or retail sales at AT&T to retail sales at Verizon Wireless.

Much of that will be equipment for our primary business to function well.

Don't choose one because someone else was happy and recommended him, unless you know your situations are identical.

Understand if/what wells and sewage treatment equipment you'll need to operate.

Yep....I get almost identical responses to my craiglist ads.

In my area, there is a requirement for cooking equipment (stove or microwave) to be provided by the landlord, but no such requirement for refrigeration.

There are other 4plexes in the area that is identical and they rent for $650 per month.

Our plan for the the first year was to purchase two cashflowing properties, then use the cashflow from those and anything else we can scrape together (income we don't spend and toys and equipment we can sell) to make purchase #3 in year 2.

When I implemented this change over the last 10 months or so, I exlpained it a little differently, while our motives were identical.