Hard money loans are another option for short-term financing, especially if you're looking at fix-and-flip opportunities.

In addition to Wishing Well Hills, Decatur, Brookwood, and Smyrna/Marietta, you might also look into Powder Springs, Austell, and parts of Douglasville, as they offer more affordable options with solid rental markets.

For a newbie investor, if you’re comfortable with the process and ready to manage the administrative side, Section 8 can be a solid option.

If they Counter, you have the same 3 options to respond. 

When my loan was not going to close, it was one of the options that my broker and lender told me about and actually referred me to for a conversation.

So, with large numbers of new graduates entering the field who are CHEAPER, someone established in the field may soon find themselves with "golden handcuffs" unable to find positions with the same pay as they are replaced by these younger cheaper options. 

More of keep options open especially in more rural areas like Vermont, people are open to different types of accommodation especially if you are open and upfront about what to expect.

We used the lease option strategy so we would buy properties under market value and we would keep them for only around 3-5 years and then we would sell them and trade them up for more properties with the equity that was created.

Your only option will be to find a job to supplement your diminishing ability to sustain your standard of living.The income must last throughout your lifetime.

Explore insurance options as well!