I was hoping that I could do something with a flexible schedule.  

Also TLO is pretty flexible in price. 

After the kids are out of school in five years, one certainty is that the existing portfolio provides security, flexibility and freedom and that is a powerful piece of mind.

You can literally be a middle school school dropout, turn 21, and the next day be a Big Bank loan officer without ever passing a single test.But for Local Lenders with flexibility, we face a LOT of hurdles just to add a single additional state or even maintain our own...Think of that whenever you read "lending in all 50 states!"

Others will say that SFR is more flexible, less maintenance overall and easier to manage and keep tenanted.  

If they had more equity to work with, I think I would have more flexibility in the deal.  

My rationale is that if we don't like the area/job/etc, I still have a vacation rental I can use to generate some income while we decide the next area to claim as the primary residence.I also have the flexibility of purchasing more properties in CT, which I know better, and skipping the vacation market altogether in FL and sticking to just residential non vacation rentals in Orlando.

Hurricane was perfect for that, allowing us more flexibility at a far better rate than any Springdale hotel would.I guess some Americans may go to the areas for vacations "in nature" but that wouldn't have to be near Zion NP itself.

I would definitely recommend for you to get your license if your debating it, it’s not a difficult course and it can be done after work.The base knowledge you get from taking the course is really valuable.I took courses after work at a Coldwell Banker branch ( Oak Brooke) and the teacher was amazing.They offer very flexible hours- I personally took the night class ( 6-10 pm) 4 days a week, for a total of 90 hrs.

Flexibility is the winning ticket with smaller lenders.