The practice you get from analyzing deals will help to ensure you don’t pay through the nose for your first deal so as long as you know your limits and don’t bite off a bigger project than you can handle, it should be a very positive and informative process.

I want them to always be flat.. so that when I sell I lose money.. given depreciation recapture and cap ex and sales costs.. nothing is forever.. 70% of folks will sell their rentals at some point and unless you have some nice appreciation you will have done a lot of work for very little money or a loss. 

Using leverage and little down can result into multiple property losses when tenants can not afford to pay and you have little means to sustain.You need a CPA advice to determine what is best for you.

It's important start looking now since because of the 180 days time limit. 

In addition, these new furnaces are direct vented (they do not take combustion air from the conditioned space) and the natural gas ones do not require a chimney (which means that big source of heat loss can be stoppered or removed).If you are paying utilities, a new furnace will pay for itself.  

The pinetop country club is mostly full of retirees so there is a limited number of kids around. 

My knowledge is limited and I would appreciate your input. 

It could be due to divorce, medical emergency, job loss, etc.

I currently work full-time in the medical field for the past 20 years which limits my time.My goal is to move to the Tampa Bay area to be closer to family and get away from winter with REI being full time or supplement my income.

Mine is through US bank and has decent terms but they just lowered their limits to 85% LTV from 90%, I would guess you could find a higher limit out there somewhere.