Purchase price: $274,995 Cash invested: $81,011 One-stop real estate investment, using a company that provides soup-to-nuts service (sales, closing, funding, property management).

The property manager should transfer those funds to you.

@Elia Caputo what do you have in available funds to, "grow now all over the USA and internationally"?

Due to personal faith based reason, I prefer to only invest in all cash deals that don't involve traditional financing (so typical passive RE options like syndications, RE funds with fixed returns, REITs etc are not a viable option for me). 

She has a dozen or so properties in her personal name and said when they went to court the lawyer knew that , knew she didn’t have mortgages, the amount she had in her 401k and even mutual funds.

Be prepared for unexpected expenses by building up a reserve fund and being flexible with your options.

For example, if you want to get back into Real estate with the flock funds you can't. 

here is the situation. i left a really good paying job to take care of my 81 year old parents because my dad is chronically ill and my mom is almost there. i wont go into too much detail, but my sis doesnt help them. ill leave it at that. we have a person who comes twice a week to help with cleaning and other household tasks. i carry the bulk of the weight cooking their meals, running errands, grocery shopping, picking up meds, and taking them to dr appointments. its a full time job. i get a small salary of $1000 a month from a care giver sub contractor for the VA. ive been paying my bills with what savings ive had, but only have a few months of funds left. i own a duplex. i have over 200k in equity. i live in texas and texas has weird laws about refi and heloc/heloans when the property is 4 units or less and owner occupied. i would rather not sell, but if thats my only option i will have to at some point.does anyone have any advice or possibly be able to point me to lenders who might be able to work with my situation?

I haven't used the VA loan before, so I'll have a lower VA funding fee.

I financed this deal using a combination of cash and funds from a private investor.