On a 2nd note, our original plan was to live in this house for at least 24 months (avoid capital gains) and pull a large line of credit to leverage the equity so we can strike when the market crashes to buy more foreclosures.

You may strike gold your first try, or it could take you 200 calls before someone responds positively.

Stop by and try to find out who the owner is so that you can strike up a conversation with them.

Hopefully you're within striking distance of the beach since PCB that's a big deal. 2) Sleeping capacity.

If you don't have it and the soft offer is in striking distance, it is worth going to the property to measure it.

That of course strikes a chord as I’ve learned a ton and have accelerated my learning the past year through these so-called “waste of times.”

I think you'll find it tough to find a bank that will do a cash-out refi to an LLC on a house with minimal seasoning and such a low price point - lots of strikes against you unfortunately.

I'm not sure how to comment here, without offending you (in this format), so I won't...other than to say it's easier to assume the worst.When I was a hitting coach, I used to tell my players to go up to the plate assuming every pitch was a strike, and take if it's a ball rather than assuming every pitch was a ball, and swing if it's a strike.

Strike while the iron is hot!

. do you like you striking a balance between being overleveraged and underleveraged.