Ensure that your contract specifies that the property must be delivered free & clear of all liens and encumbrances2.

This includes the GC.GC must deliver a copy of each sub and materialman's contact info. 

In that case, I will usually pay the store for the materials directly and have my contractor pick them up or have them delivered.

If she gives you trouble vacating, have a process server hand deliver notice.

What should I do with this fresh start of 19k for a newbie wanting to pursue building a portfolio and renting over time?

What should I do with this fresh start of 19k for a newbie wanting to pursue building a portfolio and renting over time?

And in their efforts to deliver on their promises to keep Americans fed, in homes, in work, etc., they will ultimately hijack monetary policy and make it such that the government can print all of the money it needs in order to give it directly to the people. 

If you were 26 and had the opportunity for a fresh start, what would you decide?  

You should always track lease transgressions, deliver notice and keep copies. 

Rentals is the slower path, but gives you continuous cash flow, and your yearly profits are more more easily written off by having yearly expenses and yearly depreciation to help offset.It may take one of my rentals 4 years to deliver the same profits as your flip, but in year 5 and further I continue to earn income off the rental while you would have to keep exerting a (relatively) higher level of effort to continue to earn more income flipping.If flips is your favorite game, by all means you should keep doing it.