Others may disagree but I still prefer leverage with a fat wallet to back it up... make sense?

They can play the withholding rent game, or even possibly hiring their own contractor and then giving me a big fat bill, even though the asbestos situation is iffy at best.Not too long ago, the tenant wife told me they were involved in a lawsuit with a las vegas hotel over legionella, Legionnaires' disease, so I decided it's not worth dealing with the wife's complaints and drag this out.

I take it your pilot light stays lit, but the burner doesn't come on as it should. 

Not a lot of fat to trim.

I did about 3-4 deals per year, enough to make some decent extra income, but no where near what I'd need to survive.Keep in mind: the commission sounds fat, but after you take out the Broker's split, pay you E&O insurance, Realtor dues, MLS access dues, ads, and self-employment taxes, realistically you're only getting around 30-50% of your 3% split. 

Since this was a real cash deal, I wasn’t on the [rapidly] ticking clock of HML interest so this project kept getting pushed to the back burner. 

I will not be able to pull all cash out on refilegal 2 family by CO Cape 1BR upstairs (&1800) 2 BR down (&2300) plus unfinished basement and attached garage. yard is split with fence. land lord pays oil water sewer and small electric to run burner. 

Do not ask real estate agent to find you houses.It is like asking a starving lion to find you juicy fat rabbits. 

I'm sure there is some fat you can trim from your monthly expenses to fund your goal 

Owner financing I never thought it was possible, until I cam across two homes one was almost paid for the other had a small balance...Long story short, I got a good price on the one, with a 4% interest rate loan and the other believe it or not the price was pretty good and the interest was a big fat beautiful 0%, And this was a good home in a nice area, there is a God