Hi Dina,Buying your in-laws' home is a smart way to prevent a reverse mortgage and provide support for their care.

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If you have a site plan, it may be smart to take the drawing down to the building department and ask over the counter what is needed.

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As to your numerical goal, you can certainly exceed that (and ultimately by a large margin).Most would-be real estate investors get distracted along the way but have lots of smart phone apps.

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Would it be smart to hold off on investing until prices drop?

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As for the mortgage, if you don't have any real income, nobody smart is going to loan you money.

You sound like a very smart young man with a bright future.