I'm getting old and crusty. 

According to the property manager, I had the world’s best tenants.

@Nancy E. and others,With regard to keeping the old sink: I am going to be extremely close to my max budget on this, so I am looking to cut costs wherever I can.

Do a live classroom if you can....you can get some real world knowledge/practices, ask questions, network, etc.

We refer to it as a “debt checking” account in the 101 Financial world.

Once you have enough equity in it, you'll use that as your down payment for your next property and fill your old unit with a tenant.

An old job had me in the city regularly working with the population directly.

A bad first experience can turn you off to investing and cause you to miss out on one of the greatest wealth building opportunities in the world. 

It seems like someone with the best intentions in the world can get caught up in a situation where that "lease option" on that house they bought "subject to" goes bad, and now they're looking at a potential felony (depending on the state) if they don't keep up the payments.  

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