Once a market presented the ability to get me #'s 1,2 &3 and then began working on #4. 

I put a AO Smith 50 gal gas water heater in my own house (attic), but I couldn't have done that on my rentals as the cities require a licensed plumber to pull the permit unless you're the homeowner/resident. 

I think another 4-5 months will be a great time to jump.Think about the likely scenario - most buyers scared away by the terrible interest rates and sellers sitting on a house through the winter with inflation and recession raging around us.....Just stay out of my AO.

It is up to us individually to improve our own financial education.Depending upon how one uses your 401(k) plan it could be really beneficial (what I mean by this is maximizing the $52,0000/year self employed individual 401(k) and buy discounted notes with the money) and lower your taxable income, or it could just be a savings plan that makes the institutional account holders rich that distribute your income among various mutual funds.For those seriously interested, I highly suggest reading the book '401(k)aos' by Andy Tanner.   

Record AOM (does this even need to be recorded at this stage?).

My real estate hunts have been via a real estate agent, who basically opened the door for me.

Its not a huge list yet, I did about 200 AO's that I found from local tax records that are within a 2 mile radius of my house.

Hoping to break in and  get this first deal done soon.Cheers,AO

We agreed to a non-refundable deposit of 5k after we did our due diligence, initiated the AOS and knew we wanted the property.

The selling agent claims since my relator did not check off line 707 of the AOS.