If I didn't want to go that route, I could work on building up enough savings to get started, but then I'm looking at postponing this "education" for probably a year at least, & possibly losing his interest in mentoring me.

They postponed the auction date for another month and we were able to close 10 days later.

With a new 180 day window you can postpone the sale of the old property to get a little more appreciation or capture top dollar.  

Small items might be taken care of but in the end the majority of the maintenance just gets postponed and accumulates.

Another SFH rental I have may have just postponed the refi from happening until this issue is resolved...Has anybody had experience with holding on to the appraisal for a period of time to use in a month or two to continue the refi

Deliver the plan to the appropriate city department and they will likely postpone the demolition to give you time to rehab the property. 

Hi there all,Recently I made the big decision to postpone college for the next year and focus on building up my financial literacy and real estate.

While there may be some that advocate a more aggressive strategy, I rarely find that holding onto non-mortgage debt is the right move, even if focusing on paying it off means postponing investments.

They had to postpone the closing twice, so in my situation they seemed to be a bit disorganized and slow. 

We have postponed the 1st closing date 4/1 to now 5/29 coming soon.