I plan to occupy one of the units.

My wife is not part of the loan.I am planning to buy a 2nd and vacation home (80 miles away) from the primary residence.I would like to use the low down payment to purchase this property.

So I was planning to invest in my home.

I started on BP 6 months ago and have listened to at least 30 audiobooks on REI and 1/2 the podcast here on BP. 3 months ago our short term plan was to buy another house to live in (that's more practical to raise our 5 & 2 year old boy's in) and rent out our other house.

BUT NOW due to mining recession house prices are plummeting and so are jobs - it's not looking better in the close future.My girlfriend and I have joined the "Rich Dad" based mentorship program for the UK and connected with a local investors group who already invest into UK (with the same program).The plan is to start with lower budget "buy to let" and find the odd good deal to flip a property for cashflow to reinvest.

I plan to work with her again on my next deal. 

Also, some of these investors plan to move here themselves and want their investment properties positioned in the State they plan to live in.  

Pay all the soft costs (about 20k more for total architect/zoning attorney/surveyor and acquire the plans and sell the lot from there?

I plan on attending, sounds like a great networking mix of professionals/ investors.

I was planning on doing a double closing and use transactional funding for this deal.