@w phillpots, as a newbie, which I consider myself 19 months into investing, but not new to entrepreneurship, you have to understand quickly that a lot of people won't embrace your newbie status into this space, especially when you come with a mindset of leveraging technology, automation, and anything online related to conduct business that's adverse to that archaic models that didn't allow space for everyone to succeed, let alone participate in.

I do owe him 5k and told him the checks were ready for pickup but still no response 1- You hold that 5k until…2- Review the details in your contract, specifically Scope of Work, release payment descriptions3- Review contractor default or termination clauses or language in contract4- Review permit status with municipality, if permits were pulled.

I'm aware of about 15 DOS called this year, (Mostly Pace Morby and students) that so far as I can tell, didn't reach legal complaint status.

###################Heres the mls information, note the Status at the top, Active, and the DOM, Days on market at the bottom 183 days. 

I am not sure what the status of it currently is — already capped, I imagine.So based on my current circumstances, and in alignment with your suggestion, I was thinking that the best option would be for me to continue to live in this condo, continue saving up, and then combine my savings + pull equity from this prop to invest in an affordable investment property when I can, ideally after a year or so.

First just want to state, she is your girlfriend not your wife, which is very different in regards to financial status/situation.For me its simple, I am buying this asset and taking on the risk of renovating it and as part of it will be seeking to earn income from it to better myself in the future as I know a W2 job and a 401k does not get you far in retirement.

Then they should lose service workers and their community status.  

@Ryan Anders Galveston is generally more welcoming to short-term rentals (STRs) due to its status as a tourist destination.

You need to reach out and get update on status.  

Sounds like some of the folks on here are under playing the true status of the SWFL market...