Not only will you be spared all the bank/lender BS, you should be able to negotiate a much lower price since you have no loan contingency and can close very quickly.Go get 'em!

Yup, not easy being a foreigner here in "the land of the free and equal"...So spare me... 

If you get in the habit of leveraging (assuming you have a little $ to spare) you will save a boat load of time freeing yourself up to do the higher end tasks.Kinda like driving a car... do you need to be a mechanic to build it and or maintain it.

All three together are worth $180,000.I have been buying R.E.more as a hobby in my spare time, still work outside of R.E..

Moved into families spare bedroom to drastically offset living expenses.

How I Turned 1000 into 5 Million in Real Estate in my Spare time10.

There is a wealth of information here on BP so every spare minute should be consumed by reading blogs, listening to podcasts, etc. 

They have stayed current on the mortgage this whole time despite being paycheck to paycheck with no money to spare. 

Which incidentally, was spared the onslaught of this last economic downturn.

Out of the blue no warning...no other discussion...I didn't have a spare key because my ex property manager took them all ( don't ask) so called my locksmith ...I was really holding my breath as to what I might find...but the house was clean and in order and as far as I could tell no damage...so yay...I can rent it out again no problem...it was just so strange he would do that...he has not made any other contact with me...never had this happen before