Welcome.I'm in Jacksonville, and I'm just curious how you got the home in Jax from such a distance.You buy it sight unseen?

Having a little trouble following (formatting, I think):Questions about Option 1: $188k with 28,800 down (15.32%) is 159,200 left on principle, not 131,200.

One can purchase thousands of courses and none of them will be any good unless the principles taught have been followed up with personal action.  

My financial freedom is in the distance but my sights are locked in on it.Thanks for taking the time to read my post.Cheers,Brad Robillard

Real estate investing requires understanding a few core principles, and beyond that it is just having enthusiasm and willingness to continuously perform tasks that take you toward the goal you seek.  

If you buy them right and maintain them, they can be as good as a sight built home.

You increase rents to stay near/at market rents and if you are looking to increase your risk and speed of growth, you refinance to get more money to buy more properties with the appreciation and paid down principle. 

They are incredibly narrow sighted when it comes to this issue.  

That's one way to look at it, but ignoring principal pay down is short sighted in my view.

Growing up I guess I recognized the bad guys in westerns before the plot thickened, it's pretty obvious when the guy standing on a wagon is saying his bottle of secret formula can cure poor eye sight, any cough, back pain and can take stains out of your clothes and soften your leather boots!