Quote from @Stephanie Ford: @Josh Pulley if you want to build more capital to have options to then you should try wholesaling.

Last year I deducted the total cost of a  Ford F350 and Travel Trailer using section 179 and ended up paying pennies on the dollar of my rental income.   

Does anyone know the process and the cost for de-winterizing a home in Houston?

And for those investors out there who say there are deals out there, you are also right.Henry Ford said it best "If you think you can or can't do a thing, you are right".The reason for me sharing this purchase is to let everyone out there know that they have the ability to create their own future.  

growing market, MFH properties sell fast. plenty of companies are coming here and staying plus the large ones that have been here for years (UPS, Humana, Ford, GE, Yum!

Also add in Lansing and ford heights and chicago heights.

@Melissa Ford well this is a home that has been owned since 2006, however, instead of selling it.

The simple answer I come up with is the Henry Ford quote of "If you think you can or you think you can't - you're right".  

To add on to what @Travis Biziorek said with regards to having a good reason to be there, I was traveling to Detroit frequently for automotive work and my in laws are there, I got married there last year in a Ford museum.

@Huggy Ford- thanks  1)  try  contacting the smaller to mis size credit unions and banks in the La Jolla  area  for  options  2)  do some research on other nearby properties that  are in the same  situation to  see if you can  find  recent lenders that  have made loans to these properties  3) if you still live in the  property  definitely try to  complete this  task BEFORE  you move out of the  property as  getting a  primary residence loan  will be  much  easier than  getting a loan on it when its an investment property .