It has certainly had its moment but we have been able to leverage $80,000ish in over $750k of debt. 

At the moment we resubmitted our offer with a letter that talks about how much we love the place and how confident we are that we can navigate escrow and close.

I don't have a lot of capital at the moment so the 15% down on the first house will eat most of that up, but I have great credit.In your opinions what path would you take if you were in my situation towards this goal.

It certainly has had its moments but it has been very successful for me.

I have 3 family members serving at the moment and many others have served. 

Say you can only rent the main unit at $1,600 (up $200 from today) you’re still making a square $4,875 which makes the deal look attractive.Yes I’m playing with the numbers, but the property really is beautiful in that it is solid, low maintenance, great location, and has good appreciation potential with the neighborhood, including being next to a foreclosed house that based on the cracked foundation, we assume will be a teardown. 

Now is my "This is it moment" Having a few deals come togetherWhen did you have that moment of " This is it" actually become real?

I love the Adirondacks and I took a look at one of your properties, beautiful!  

I've listened to all the podcasts and i'm on my second way through and I have had so many epiphanies and ah ha moments that I had to rethink my life lol but I just wanted to say hi everybody i'm George nice to meet You :-)

I see you are located in Santa Cruz, which is one of many beautiful pocket markets here in CA, where you have astronomical real estate prices along the ocean and lots of opportunities in the "sea shanty villages" more inland.