I really like the Porter's Neck area as it's rapidly growing and there are affordable properties that rent well. 

My names David Welch, I live in the Grand Rapids Area and work a full time non real-estate job, and almost fell into Real Estate Investing, 3 years ago, I was sick of paying a rent so someone else could pay off a house.

We're able to do some interesting projects here in Grand Rapids, MI and West Michigan.

I live in a rapidly growing area, one of the fastest growing in the nation.

I live in a rapidly growing area, one of the fastest growing in the nation.

I use Andy Vanderveer out of Coon Rapids for my HVAC needs. 

Then we'll provide some tips on rapid deconstruction and reconstruction to make this process economically viable.Can you or should you pull over for a pit stop in order to win the race in the long run?

But in commercial lending or a hard money loan the deal itself carries a lot of weight, and the lender will be looking at the deal itself for repayment. 

I would keep the remaining 50k of savings in a liquid investment that is semi safe as your emergency rainy day fund and continue to save and add to it as rapidly as you can to lower your risk.Being cashflow negative 800-1500 isn't a bad thing if it means you are able to cut out 2000 worth of other expenses, it's called winning!!

To bring this back to real estate investing and who I would listen to: If they're finding success in real estate investing ( = making money), and they're having success in other areas, their opinion and advice regarding real estate will hold more weight.