No offense, but come on, don't be slumlords.  

The mortgage rates have been lowThe job market has been improvingThe stock market has tripled in value since the low of 6,443 on March 6, 2009And no real global issues that have impacted the KC housing marketWith low inventory and steady markets, prices can continue to climb until something really negative happens.

Here are a few things that might help you out if you aren't already using/doing them:Use mint or personal capital to get a global view of where you stand and to track your income/spending.Create a budget and try to stick to it.Get rid of all the extra stuff you don't need.

The unemployment rate now stands at 5 percent, or what normally is considered “full employment” by the Fed and many private economists.Confidence in jobs growth has replaced worries generated by last summer’s turmoil in the global economy.

@Leo Khmelniker  When you say the macro level economy, are you talking about the national/global economy?

So many things I cannot control both global and personal, inflation, bubbles in the market, the ups and downs of my day job, all those unpredictable elements that threaten the promising outcome I was so excited about at the beginning of the project.Not to be melodramatic, but with the wrong combination of forces I could not only lose the flip but my own home too since I took out the HELOC to do this.

Trumps policies of returning industry to the US and his me first anti global trade policies can and will have a inflationary effect on your economy. 

No offense intended - just being honest.

Morreale Real Estate Services, Global Title Agency & MBMC Real Estate Attorneys office out of Glen Ellyn IL.

The number will connect you to Hudson Advisors Group, http://www.hudson-advisors.com/contact-us/global-offices/ I spoke to their receptionist, Hailey, and she is supposed to pass my info to a person named Steven to contact me.