Huntsville, in particular, has strong job growth, steady appreciation, and a high demand for quality rental homes.

I’ve bought some houses with 0% interest for a year credit cards and a few with consumer lines of credit from banks.

After all, he also was in real estate AND a successful baseball player. 

If it’s a 2 bedroom on paper and a 5 bedroom in reality, then this is a significant problem and is probable a big reason why you say it’s been sitting on the market.

Since buyers will be putting so much consideration into the kitchen, installing new cabinets, countertops, and a nice backsplash is vitally important!

.:  Are you talking about creating a first 50% of the note and a second for 50% of the Note and sell the first one? 

Where to get the most recent and accurate data for things like:Unemployment dataPopulation growthJob diversity and top employers in the areaVacancy rates (eg huduser.org)Property taxes and jnsurance costsI saw bp pro and reventure and a bunch of other websites provide some of this data, but i wonder how accurate and recent it is.

It requires special licensing but can be done in Texas, Georgia and a few other states. 

In addition, you would need enough working capital to pay for insurance (which will be going up a LOT in Los Angeles) and to pay for property taxes.Don't buy this unless you have substantial resources and a cash cushion to keep yourself safe.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.