And until I get a home, I'm paying 650 a month for all living expenses (housing, food, internet, utilities).

If rates are higher in the future and you have a balloon you could find yourself in trouble, so with the ability of keeping the funds longer you have a safe-guard in place.

I was on the Internet looking for info on how to become a real estate investor.

My realtor does not do much with the internet.

with incessant internet research and reading about landlording, investing, and trying to put two and two together to make a deal happen.

The Internet is full of tire kickers!

I've spent the last year reading books, listening to podcasts, and researching the Internet for everything motivating and real estate focused.

Also learned a lot about Internet marketing.

He say it's his insurance to make sure that I'm serious about investing because he says he's been burned in the past by people before.His marketing program would include direct mailing such as letters and post-cardsalso internet marketing as well as self marketing.

A city that doesn't know how to contain spending, and ONLY knows how to tax the populace, are always aiming to to hit property owners with fees to be paid to code enforcement, environment registration, lead registrations, and property taxes. 3) Thirdly, the US has so many different city states and different microcosms, that its easy to use the internet to flesh out a great list of potential, affordable real estate investments that give high rents.