Investing in stocks alone probably won't do it if you are earning an average wage. Real

He didn’t have to take his time talking with a newbie investor like me, but I guess he liked that I had preliminary numbers already run before calling him, showing that I was serious and that I had an actual deal.

Also, can you ask the title company for a preliminary closing disclosure? 

Sadly, her mother died in this fire also.She's asking $300K for the house and I've done some preliminary repair estimates based on the amount of fire damage, which she said wasn't very much.

My preliminary model has some assumptions that can change the deal drastically.

I also have software that I pay for monthly that I can run preliminary reports for myself before I even submit a property for a client to review - that saves them time - - then I can also send that report to them as part of my service. 

I have done some research on my own, enough to gain a preliminary knowledge about the process and how to go about it.

Preliminary analysis on the numbers we would not gain enough rent with a SFH to offset the taxes to be cash flow positive, which is why MFH seems like a better option currently. 

One way to see if there are liens on the house, is to take a look at the preliminary judicial report (unless you are in a state that does not file them, in which case I do not know).

I'm in the preliminary stages of talking this over with my agent and eventually walking through it myself.