Usually lenders will never lend you 100% of your equity but will take a percentage between 90% to 65% of what you have in the building and lend you that at some kind of interest but if you have good credit you can use whatever you can take out of the property and use that as a down payment on another property if the remaining balance payments are smaller than what you can get in rent for that unit.

Great point, and with a slightly irregular data set, you have to hand-parse the remaining records - sometimes I will sort by the 'extra' field/string length, and then run two different cut/append operations (1st part, 2nd part) to make it all pretty again. 

Yes, you can.If they're on a lease agreement then it makes things easier as they're technically liable for the remaining duration of the lease term although you'll probably only be able to collect up to the day that the unit was restored back to your possession through the eviction process.Same thing if they're on a month to month tenancy, you would be able to charge them back, through their security deposit or judgement, for up to the day that the unit was restored back to your possession through the eviction process.Add up the charges on the Itemized Disposition of Security Deposit, damages, lost rent, legal fees, etc., and get collecting!

He has been unable to unpack (for fear of infesting his belongings, probably too late), or even live in there because of the fumes/odor, and the fleas STILL REMAIN.

Here it is not infrequent when dealing with one of the Big-5 banks - who have centralised, national underwriting cubical farms located halfway across the country from us - to have to ask for an extension on Close.One of these lenders - who shall remain nameless, but whose corporate colours are red - has been particularly problematic.  

For those that have accomplished some of their greater goals in REI, how do you really quantify "freedom of time", and how does that fit into remaining in a W2 position reporting to someone else?

Hello and Welcome to the wonderful world of BP, Regina.You need to get to reading the blogs, listening to the podcasts, attend some REIA meetings(in your local housing market) and remain in student mode for a good while before you hit the pavements to make any offers...

Once you start getting money from credit cards , you FICO score drops and I don't believe the terms will remain the same.

I also got a refund on my liability insurance for the remaining months, and that was new for me. 

But in the process tell their members not to attend the group they got their info from (that way they can remain an expert).Yes, in the end this means it is a shady business.