Live beneath your means, cut back where you can, ride out unemployment as long as you can and make REI your full time job.

Ride his coat tails from beginning to end.

Better still, the tenants would figure out they're not getting a free ride for 5 months and will simply pay the rent. :-)If only I could be governor for the day in this crazy liberal state.

@J Scott Charles Village neighborhood gain 37% in the past 10 years in total and lost 19% in the past 5 years(Neighborscount.com).Considering the unemployment rate going down in the past two years in Baltimore and the market in general I thought it's a good idea buying now and enjoy the ride in the next couple of years.Does that makes sense?

Just riding.

Let it ride and hope he's honest or risk pissing him off and losing the deal?

People also want to ride the winning train, so options allow you to sell to anyone/everyone.4.

While definitely not the southside of Chicago, Kankakee does have some war-zone neighborhoods, relatively high unemployment, and corrupt politicians (G Ryan hails from Kankakee).

It's tough enough to invest in RE out of state, let alone overseas, unless you make frequent trips to the US.I live in California, but own property in other states up to a 5 hour plane ride away.

I am an avid outdoors-man so house hunting, fishing for clients and riding the slippery slopes of human relations just seems like an extension of my passions [ hunter, fisherman, skier, gatherer].