That’s what I should have done personally.... in retrospect.

In retrospect, I wish more and more that I had bought something multi-unit as my first property.

In retrospect I should have been more aggressive with my cash for keys offer.

In retrospect, I am so glad we went through all that.

In retrospect, I ran my numbers wrong.

In retrospect, I should have DEFINITELY evicted for one of the many other things I probably could have.

Now in retrospect and after learning a few more things I might have offered to buy the house from the owner for $1,000 contingent on being able to negotiate the mortgage and tax bills down, which if successful I would have paid, but all of that would have been further contingent on being able to get into the place and estimate the repairs.

In retrospect it seems like a really obvious thing, however.Fannie Mae will in fact lend to a revocable living trust, provided that it's underwritten and guaranteed by a natural human person in said trust.I think it's certainly worth running the idea past a lawyer.

In retrospect, biggerpockets has not cost me anything, taking risks and learning something new is always going to cost something.

In retrospect I realize my two main issues are lack of education and not having a road map.