The realtor is gambling with their license.

The 1099 route may have been an option but here in NY State it's an expensive gamble.

It's a gamble. 

Hi, I wondered if any members here are looking for an off-shore investment property?

Bit of a gamble to rent in SoCal long term non rent controlled and before you know it buying is not an option for some who end up priced out for good.

Now if you could get a loan for the credit card amount at a lower interest rate then ya, but getting more debt on a gamble to maybe save 100-200/month to pay off your insane interest rate CC doesn't seem like something i could ever do.Granted everyone has their own situation and not any situation is the same but based off what you have said soo far, even paying your credit down now, you are not sure how long your single income is going to last for so you will probably be using that Credit card and accumulating more debt.

I work offshore (offshore at the moment) so couldn't schedule a meeting since I've got about another week out here (meeting was only available for weds/thursday - but I'll have one scheduled the day I get in.

It’s like gambling.

Bidding on the first property on auction.com back in 2010, without any experience, insight or analysis in real estate or buying a property. [ Almost a gamble ]Went in all blind, with just the intention of flipping and with investment of 170K netted a profit of 54K.

@Joel Owens   as Dawn said 80k each which is the issue in of itself.its buyer beware with TK companies and the marketing folks that rep them either in the states or off shore...