Buying a property in Los Angeles with a bad tenant is very costly and time consuming. 

You're going to want health insurance and a steady paycheck. 

Well, this has been sort of an emotional roller coaster given we need to sell the place within a time limit given our financial and health situation (plus wanting to put an offer on the home we want before it sells).

A property is considered Uninhabitable if "A condition that materially interferes with the tenant's life, health, or safety." 

It is worth mentioning that my journey into real estate commenced without any formal education in the field; rather, I relied predominantly on extensive research and avidly consumed the invaluable insights shared through the Biggerpockets podcast.With each venture, my interest in real estate investment continues to grow, fostering a profound desire to acquire more properties.

I work part time for Costco (their health insurance is unbeatable!)

Since the property is there, I can only do investor loans in AL, but from a consumer standpoint you can do Conventional, FHA, VA, and USDA as a renovation loan where you take the cost of the property plus the cost of the renovations as your purchase price up to the value of an "As-Repaired" appraisal.

If you can't handle what you already have, you won't be ready to handle more.Did you know there's a correlation between debt and mental health?

Which tempts me to tell everyone to put their real estate into S Corps, because you might save on the Health Insurance portion of SS taxes

After a long absence BP due to health issues I am dipping my toes in the hard money lending business again.