I think it's important to do my due diligence and shop around and not put all my eggs in one basket.I know that there are pros and cons with this route like any others.

Try to get that at your local payday loan shop or hard money lender.So I think the point of the story is, if you have owned a property or properties for a healthy period of time and they have appreciated - you may want to talk to a lender about grabbing some cash to put into your next deal.  

I'll need to do some more shopping around for hard money (Thanks Account Closed, YES!

And I wouldn't just shop fee, I'd shop competence.

When you get back home do some secret shopping of places available for rent.3.

@Tom ReidI don't know how much fund/experience you have....maybe walk and shop around will help you appreciate his proposal more....

Other jobs frequently needed are painting, pet care, child care, house cleaning, livestock care, personal assistant, errand runner (think grocery shopping, taking car in for maintenance, etc), and a multitude of others.  

-Move in (with a sleeping bag and hotplate if necessary!)

Hi,I'm looking to start real estate investing in the next couple months and I was curious if there's anyway that I can go to lowes or home depot and not be charged sales tax? I didn't know if I had to apply for vendor...

Walkable and reasonably close to parks, shops, restaurants.We'd have to do ZERO renovations, only moving and furnishing the place.