Nicole attended Kaplan University and obtained her broker associate licenseNicole now resides in La Veta with her husband, Brent Sudderth, a lifetime resident of La Veta and son of Cass and Nancy Cruz, our current Huerfano County Clerk and Recorder.

As far as obtaining financing, I have no clue.  

Security.The Borrower hereby represents and acknowledges that the Lender is making the loan evidenced by this Promissory Note (With Balloon Payment) for the purposes of Borrower creating or obtaining an interest in certain real property in Marco Island, Collier county, in the State of Florida commonly described as 840 Partridge Court.

Now this doesn't apply to fha mortgages obtained after June 2013 as rules changed and PMI must now be carried for the life of the loan.

If you can't sell to recover your losses, you might be out, other states you obtain a deficiency judgment and hope you collect from that.

I'm thinking of getting my real estate license for the sole purpose of purchasing investment property for myself and family members. Anyone have experience with this and would like to offer advice? Is it worth doing? 

At some point, I'm considering obtaining my UK or Canadian charter in order to round that out, but I haven't started that pursuit yet.

My lists come from county records that are somewhat difficult to obtain.

Buy the worst/ugliest home in the nicest neighbourhood to obtain highest resale.

Then, you can run your analysis unless you already have and have decided a "must have" purchase price to make the deal work.Google "short sale package" and you should be able to find lists of the documents you'll need to prepare and obtain, including the seller's permission for the lender to release information to you.Hope this helps ...