Just wanted to round out the otherwise excellent range of responses to the original question posted.

Not necessarily looking to be the next Trump, but want to get away from the soul-sucking desk jobs I've held for 20+ years. 

I can envision some scenarios where this would slip through the cracks and you'd be able to get away with it, but I wouldn't file the case for you like this and I imagine very few other attorneys would be willing to do so either.

I came up with an ARV of about $306k then subtracted a little over $20k regarding the missing 2nd bathroom which gave me a rounded ARV of about $280k.

Hot tubs  are a hot ticket item in the Smokies :)

And because people my know you are an out of towner doing business, they may feel you don't know the area etc, so they can feed you anything and you will take it...even realtors etc.Now thay I said that....My 6 virtual deals I needed the following:Trusted Bird dog* taking pics etc.RealtorContractorsTitle CoReal estate attorneyAnd a plane ticket...Etc.Because laws are different in every state, things are not the same as it may be where I live in Maryland.

If you really really want to buy an apartment in New York City the first thing you should do is to go to a Mortgage originator and go to FTC.gov and download your free credit report and bring that with youYour past credit history is not the biggest problem; what is the biggest problem is that you are aggressive in building new referencesThe fastest way to build a stronger credit report is to do what's called "bank round robin"Take $1000 and go to bank one like Bank of New York, and talk to the manager and say that youd like to build a credit rating and get a mortgage within 12 monthsTheyll give you a secured loan with your thousand; then you take that thousand and go to bank to like Wells FargoTell the bank manager the same thing, that you want to pledge that thousand as a secured CD or savings account and get a  $1000 loanThese are called installment loans and now your job is to double up on payments on both loansSo it say your payments $80 a month with each loan or 160 for both of them every monthYou then make four payments every month and they'll be paid off in six monthsAt the end of six months you have 2 open accounts with two banks on installment loans, and paid as agreed with zero balancesYou may want to take one of those credit cards and establish credit at Macy's or other department stores with no more than two of them; Buy something and pay it off right away or keep a small balance because credit utilization rate is an important factor; this means keeping a 30 to 40% balance and even though it cost interest get you more points on your FICO scoreYour length of job in the same industry, you length of residency in the same place, and how you pay your bills on time will build a credit rating faster than anythingFYI I do lease-option assignments where I help the tenant buyers get mortgagesThis plan works faster than anythingGood luck

I would be  open to Rehab Work in the Boise area if It can be arranged that we could stay in the property during the period of the Rehab, otherwise its too far driving round trip every day !   

You are taking a great initial step to educating yourself about real estate and working toward implementing what could be a life-long income strategy.While a passive "market based" investing is a great way to approach a well rounded strategy, there is no replacement for safe real estate investing.Most people can retire on 5 good rental properties. 1800 x 5 = $9K per month.

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