Then after you purchase the asset, you have your attorney quickly and easily transfer the property for you.The cost of this is not much at all.

Marketing online can help you to find tenants quickly and with ease. 

A quick bit about me - I'm 33m, married, no kids.

@Thaddeus Duffy @Terri Williams Thanks for the quick feedback.

For example, will a house sell/rent more quickly if it has a tour? 

Thanks John,I appreciate your quick response I will reach out to lenders to see about tapping into that equity.

Home is located in the best school district in Louisiana and would go quick, whether I sell or rent. 

So, I'm very interested in prospect of using a portion of my net worth to invest in real estate now before this opportunity is lost (i.e. from not being able to get a mortgage, or at least as good of one, post-quitting)*.So, I'm looking to try to acquire my first rental property during the week of 7/3-7/10 - which is when I'll be in the area I'm looking to invest in, and be living long-term starting in August (aside from traveling 90% of the year).I've watched a handful of YT videos and read some blogs on real estate investing in the last day, but I'm looking for any quick advice that might make a big difference.

A quick Craigslist search for housing shows a 1br at $1000, a 2br at $1500, and a 3br at $1600.

So I'm surprised by the minimalist bookkeeping.Thanks @Linda Weygant....I had the same thought about the IRS: I bet if they were audited they'd come up with some figures pretty quick!