However, I will always contact the owner as soon as time permits.

Additionally, most of the costs to make an asset ready for it's intended business use are capitalized and part of the cost of the asset. 

I was able to figure out that they had come upon some hard times and were significantly low on cash.

I'm just buying my time and making some connections while I build my credit history again - worst part about moving country haha!

Another complication I didn’t hear him bring up is the selling part.

I'm a GC as well and did the math, the Heloc would save considerable interest because it would average on 33% of the balance borrowed at any one time (and thats assuming constant deal flow).  

Need letter from employer that either says they allow remote work or the hire is for Texas location. 

The more you know ahead of time, the easier the process will be.

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But I also haven’t the time to wait because people are people.