Mexican banksIt can be bureaucratically excruciating at times but creditworthy people from certain countries can in theory get a mortgage from a Mexican bank.

Try to document your criteria as best you can in advance and leave yourself some wiggle room to apply judgement.Jim.

Interesting you say that the preparation for the hunt is what leads to success, because I'm grinding and scrapping to save every penny I can in preparation for the hunt, and it feels like I'm not making any traction.

Probably can in September.

In the event of a true disaster, just know you can't keep yourself whole.Basically, you're participating to save on pennies--via a normal insurance process--and to keep yourself exposed to any fat tails event. 

There are a lot of different ways to start investing, so trimming the fat on the direction is a great beginning. 

I am a realtor in Tyler and work all over East Texas, I would like to help you in any way I can in your investing journey!

So there's no "average" of how my income breaks down each year, but happy to provide as best an answer as I can...  In

Thanks  Sorry Couldn't seem to edit. 200k property with 200k in insurance not 100k my fat fingers messed up :) The quote is a little above 300k

For example, take a fat food franchise.