You have her money already.

Or, I sell the Stockton home and put the money made, along with my savings towards the Sacramento home and be mortgage free within the next few years.My long term goals are to have cash flowing rental properties, but to also be financially and debt free. 

Of course when an event was planned with food, why would I make a reservation?  

. - The seller has no interest in keeping the property (I guess that makes her a motivated seller?)

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

Run the numbers and make sure it will support itself when you are gone.  

Take the money and pay back your HELOC. 

This structure lets you leverage rental income to qualify, without needing traditional income verification, making it an excellent option for building/scaling your portfolio.

Obviously with this summer’s market it wasn’t the best decision for making a lot of money but I’ll still make some, learn a ton, help out a neighbor, and got my feet wet!

2% option money is on the low side. 3% - 5% is more the norm.