It is much more expensive than these though, around $1,500, and focuses less on newbies.Please be wary of certain conferences in the east where the organizers share the attendee list with their friends.. your email will end up getting spammed like there's no tomorrow.

MTR might also work out since the Navy has a few schools in the area with Military Members needing a place for 4-6 Months.My plan is either to Sell and hope the ARV of 615k Holds for 27 months, A gamble.

For a seller to intentionally build a low clearance deck to hide UST is major gamble on their end because if it is ever found they would have to remove deck. 

Oh yea never ever ever gamble on appreciation from a home

Negative cash flow is a certainty due to pricing and simply needs to be factored into the gamble.

or gambling .. 

RE is a gamble but it doens't have to be if the numbers are right.

As some of the other posters have mentioned, unless you can purchase a property at substantially below market, taking on negative cash flow means your play is either to profit with a flip (which doesn't seem to be your intention), or gamble on appreciation- and it is a gamble. 

What you're doing is called speculating (aka gambling) not investing...Unless this is a lakefront/beachfront property or has something amazing going for it - it makes a bad investment (just like 95% of houses out there) 

Yet, i recall when they were spamming the heck out of the posting board with there "warnings".