I fund land flippers in all these states and at your age I would be hunting down a parcel now U want to eventually move to...

In my eyes, everyone is truly soon-to-be accredited, my goal after meeting Dave at age 22 was to be accredited by the age of 30 (income and net worth) and if I stay on track I will be!

@Andreas Mathews,Good for you at looking to make a change no matter the age.

My son (age 24) however, is an independant contractor / self employed and is trying to buy a house. 

Eg find contractors in ages out of state.

@Raul VelazquezI would suffix what others wrote by saying that you need to understand that real estate really is a longer term wealth strategy - even though that is what you say you don't want due to your age / starting point.  

I'm an independent agent here in AR and I write a lot of rental property, with ~6 preferred markets and if the properties have some issues, age, claim history etc.

Given their age and position in life… mailbox money flow forever sounds like a good start to retirement to me!

I would like to know more about ways to use OPM  The only way to determine if the home is going to cost you a lot down the road is by determining the age of the mechanical systems & if the structure of the home is sound. 

My gut feeling is it's going to cost around $4,000 to repair and has been there for ages.