I went to Branson, MO and there are a lot of those trash cans all over the place where low-income people are living, and I guess Missouri is a breeding ground for trash cans.

So the keys are working very hard, working smart and getting known to as many people as I can? In

So you are buying the home with the hope/goal that it will increase in value and you can, in 2-3 years, sell for more than you bought?  

I can in 2014 qualify for an Owner Occupied FHA loan.

I don't buy lots here unless they are commercial lots I can sell for development.Residential lots if they have a lake,golf course,mountain,ocean view etc. will return in value first before regular vanilla lots.In my area the cities and counties HATE mobile homes.The only ones around are grandfathered parks.It's a dying breed here in Georgia.The counties and cities would rather have a house with a higher assessment because it brings in more property tax revenues for them.Here some counties require you to have a few acres just to have one anymore to deter them as much as possible.

State on the form to your tenant, that the ESA cannot be a dangerous breed due to insurance restrictions, list the breeds.

I'm willing to help anyway I can in order to return the favor.

We want to see and learn as much as we can in the days we'll be spending there.

My plan as of today is to work as much as I can in a year while saving as much also then get started investing.

My dilemma is I would like to buy an OO duplex around 150k as soon as I can in order to take advantage of the low rates and qualify for a mortgage, but clearly if I were to quit my job that would not be a wise decision.