With your construction background and the extra time your day job gives you, you're in a great position to dive into real estate investing.

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I believe I make MORE money by charging less in large part because of the reduced vacancy.If you can keep tenants on average a couple extra years and basically eliminate a 2 month turnover you have gained 2 months rent.

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tapped equity is just extra expensive money. 

And I highly recommend paying an extra $200 or so for it.

Waiting until November you miss the Summer market which usually has extra inventory open up.  

Instead I would just need to do the title search first, then once I pay the down payment file a memorandum for the amount I paid them, and then record the purchase and sale contract/land contract with the county so it's on record and clouds the title for extra protection.