I grew up there, so I have some familiarity with certain neighborhoods.I don't have a lot of capital, but I have an extremely excellent financial history with a high credit score and very low DTI.Time to wrap up, don't want this post to get too long.I'm looking forward to interacting with all of you on the site, and here's hoping I can make this work with your help.Thanks,- Ray

., etc.) and my interactions with him have resulted in schizophrenic ramblings (i.e. the Vatican owns my property, all financial transactions are routed through the city of London, etc.)I spoke with an attorney from this forum (a terrific help) earlier this week and I am weighing my options...the best being a 4 foot retaining wall along the property line with a 6 foot permitted fence to the front of the house. 

My goals in real estate are to achieve financial freedom for me to be able to "retire," then just be able to do it full time.

You are not licensed in Oregon so a signed coop to pay you by the buyer probably does not stand a chance at court.   

As @Dan Wallace and @Ronald Rohde pointed out though, they are generally not going to give a loan on a strong property to a weak borrower just because it's a good property.They will want to see your personal financial statement/net worth/balance sheet and they will want to see that you earned good money in the last 2 years from some source on your tax returns.And this only makes sense, right?

They provide financial literacy through classes as well as reoccurring support for customers/students.

My wife, Morgan, actually got us started on this financial freedom kick (kudos to her!).  

Looking to get into REI for the cash flow to diversify my income streams and get to financial independence quicker.

I have 24 units and I am trying to set up on Quickbooks because it gives more financial reports.

Several separators besides experience is connections and relationship w/brokers to get better deals,  financial might to get larger deals and scale their operations, clustering strategies to further reduce risks and costs, etc.