My year of financial runway enabled me to pursue that opportunity where my peers with a lower savings rate and little to no cash cushion could not have pursued that option.I'll have to look for this part where I describe this in the book, and make sure that my wording is consistent with my intention.

I'm also curious to learn more about raw land investing, and of course, am entirely open to the experience of others and will likely change/modify this initial shell of a plan as I learn more and gain more experience.My goal with real estate, on a broad scope, is to build wealth via passive income in order to enable a lifestyle in which my wife and I can make traditional work optional and use our time to engage in meaningful projects and endeavors to help others in need around the world.Thank you again for building such an impressive community!

This is a pretty big ticket item and seems like a my eggs would be in one basket, but the no money down portion could enable me to invest in other properties as well. 

Ideally (and in future), what you want to see is that after rehab, your Lender's appraisal would come in at say $130k (for this example), so that when you come to Refinance 70% of ARV (per the "BRRRR strategy"), you'd get back all your initial deposit and rehab cost, which would enable you to scale your buys much quicker than having to save your own $20k every time you want to buy.

Technology advancements such as email, phone calls, skype has enabled communication with a remote CPA to be seamless.

Does anyone remember which podcast episode had the guy who was talking about how he built his portfolio using some sort of "program" he created to offer to retiring landlords which enabled them to collect a steady cash flow and defer taxes out?

They have offered portfolio loans (10/1 ARM or a piggyback fixed 30) that would enable me to do 10% down without MIP but a slightly higher rate (about .25% higher)3.

Your assistance is enabling her to shirk her financial responsibilities.

BP actually has a section that enabled you to seek out hard money lenders based on your geographic location.

I am a part of a startup that has built a smart property management platform that enables move-in-ready smart apartments.