This will work well for transactions recorded in the MLS, but your agent may state that “most of their deals are done outside of the MLS”.

Have you considered using your equity to purchase a home 15-20 minutes outside of Seattle.

oh we had exterminator guy came yesterday to spray inside and outside. 

I was almost sold a property in an extremely bad area but the outside advice I got saved me. 

We are visiting Army friends and I've seen several run down apparent buildings outside of post, pretty typical, does anyone know the RE markets?

I have been trying to gain access to a HELOC, but am having difficulties because I am just outside the DTI requirements.  :(  That is my plan though!

I have been working as a piano instructor from our home for 35 years and have not worked outside of the home since 1994.

I imagine this is a process I have to refine, because these are literally people 25-32 years old with no personal track records, coming from outside the USA in droves, and they don't require traditional documents in order to perform duties.I am going to assume their passports/visas are legit.

However, in order to come up with down payments, I will most likely need to tap into private lending resources.As I come from oversees, a lot of my friends and family live outside of the US.

Real estate investment will likely be a great form of diversification outside of the restrictive platforms of your IRAs and 401k.