Then again, you may not and that's OK, you'll just have to find an investment property (or vehicle) in addition to your home.

Consider looking into having them fund from an IRA or similar vehicle.

Park your vehicle a couple houses down and walk by the house a couple times and see what you notice.  

A lender (bank, credit union, second tier) is going to look at your income and your ability to service your existing debt (credit cards, vehicle, mortgage, rent, etc).  

, motor oil stored in the garage, usually a dead battery there as well, etc.

We all need an insurance company for our vehicles, for our medical and for our general insurance needs.

After doing research and soul-searching, I eventually decided that real estate is the most interesting and exciting wealth vehicle for me.

Monopoly taught us a valuable lesson we took for granted in terms of green and red houses and hotels, but the real key to the 'real' game is to change your perspective from being an earning employee to an entrepreneurial acquirer of assets - through your lifetime, and ideally, onto your heirs lifetime(s).Focus on asset accumulation, whatever the vehicle or vehicle(s), and you will see a vast horizon beyond your current 40k mental construct. 

In South Carolina you may absolutely call or go down to the Department of Motor Vehicles with the subject property serial number or VIN.

I own a small business currently, and I thought that was going to be my vehicle to freedom.