I'm not sure it's an adrenaline rush, but it's close - I love spending hours online looking for properties, going out with my agent, doing re-fi's, reading up on the latest market trends, all of it.

Is it always relative to the original deal with adjustments for re-fi's and such, or is there another approach to this?

Most people just tell you you need a degree to get a decent job and make it anywhere in life, but if i reach fi without one, i wouldn't oppose!

I’m an RN and my husband is a teacher and we plan to use our income to achieve FI.

If it wouldn't be a good rental property if you were to buy it today, you might want to consider that.If it/they are good rental candidates, another option would to be for you to take one property, the brother that wants to use it as a rental to take the other & each of you re-fi your individual properties enough to cash out the third brother.  

Hi Sean,Best of luck on your journey to be FI.

As I dig deeper into FI, real estate has piqued my interest. 

Looks like you are from Charleston SC? I

(I may be wrong.)If you really want to get freaky, re-fi the first property after about a year, this time w/ a non-FHA loan.

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