However, make sure you know your stuff because if they sense that you have not done your homework, they will put you on the back burner.

Over the past several years I had learned a ton of usable nutritional information from books like "Wheat Belly" and "Grain Bran" to vastly improve my health, clear up some previous dietary related medical conditions, and shave my body fat down to around 12%.

If investing in notes requires me to trust a counterparty looking for fat fees in places I don't live, and it requires a TON of effort on my part....why not just invest in my home market.  

The tenants I currently have are actually wanting to purchase the house from me, but medical difficulties have put that on a back burner for now.I was thinking of taking out an equity loan from the house, since it's a 15 year loan, and using that to pay off half of what I owe on the townhouse, but I'm not sure if that is a good idea.

Pretty awesome, and this new strategy can cook on the back burner so it's ready when you need it. 3 yrs is doable!

pigs get fat hogs get slaughtered type stuff.

You could hire the best coach in the world, but if you slack off, you'll still wind up fat and losing the game.  

He's a great CPA, I've been chewing accounting fat with him for some time now.

> We are purchasing:Refrigerator (French doors, 2 drawers)Dishwasher (Controls out of view)Double Ovens (Kitchenaid has the blue inside, Frigidaire does not)5 Burner Cooktop (Kitchenaid has the controls in a straight line, Frigidaire has 2 rows staggered)HoodMicrowave (Kitchenaid looks like an oven with pull down door, Frigidaire looks like typical built-in microwave)The cheapest I have found these are at Lowe's, with their sale that ends tomorrow + 5% back on my Lowe's credit card.Any input would be appreciated!

I've wanted to get into real estate investment since my junior year, but with dedicating time to my studies and my sorority everything else seemed to fall to the back burner.