You should figure out the source of the water.

This gives my second acquisition source time to fund the $10MM.  

@Charlene M murrill It depends on your income, credit score, the source of your funds and what other debt you have.

I have a list of a dozen different online list sources that can provide me this information.  

I have a list of a dozen different online list sources that can provide me this information.

My family has been here for multiple generations and has always been very involved in the area, including on the real estate front, so I have deep roots in and love for the place, and come by my interest in real estate honestly :-) Professionally, I'm an interior designer specializing in high end residential design for successful, busy professionals, and aging-in-place/universal/accessible design, for those who either need it now or (preferably) want to plan ahead, just in case, knowing that at least 68% of us will be disabled in some way eventually, or who know they have some health issues for which they know they will eventually need to make some modifications to their homes if they want to continue to live there. 

Really looking for grass roots knowledge to get us started. 

As you said, there is a lot of helpful information and sources available here to help you along your journey into real estate investing.  

Remaining agile is much more difficult when you have a bloated payroll to make each week.We contacted everything out except for deal sourcing, financial analysis, and capital stack strategies.

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