The Creative Investor Meetup is designed for beginning to advanced investors who would like additional strategies when constructing deals.All aspects of real estate investing will be covered including (but not limited to) - Wholesaling, Flipping, Buy and Hold and Commercial with an emphasis on Creative Financing.

He stated he turned off the breaker to the pump to avoid damage. 

We avoid lending to folks that don't really have their math/numbers together.

Yes to avoid taxes and penalties (under 59.5) the money would need to stay in the retirement account.

I will avoid sharing names, some of them contacted me here on BP, so they know who they are. 

I could have put less down on the primaries but I put down 20% to avoid PMI.

I believe it's a great and thriving community with unique aspects that make it stand out from other markets in Texas. 

Not sure if you use a PM, but my software tracks the policies and lets me know automatically if there is a lapse in the renters policy, so that we can try and avoid this type of scenario.

However, I don't find the long vacancy particularly enjoyable, and I'm hoping to gain some insight and grow from the experience.Has anyone else experienced this, and what did you do to avoid it?

You can put a mortgage into a "trust: without triggering a due on sale but again contacting your bank/lender is the best route to avoid any issues.Some banks/lenders or servicing companies change guidelines and even a trust may require other paperwork but the attorney usually facilitates that to be safe.