It's nice to lend to a friend or use as a solid reference.  

Hi welcome great books like that will give you a solid foundation.I also like weekend Millionaires secrets to investing in real estate by Summey and Dawson .

There is lots of solid advice here so far on this thread.  

I have some active projects right now needing some solid crews to help!

@Stefan Dickert   check out Myrarebird.com  they have once a month meetings it cost a little bit to join them but they don't pitch products and give some good solid advice from what I witnessed. the two gentlemen who run it are VERY knowledgeable and good guys to know.My daughter is in corporate finance at Intel so you can imagine with the shake ups how busy she has been LOL.. wish you the best

Hard to give solid timeframes.

Move on to the next.Does anyone have any tips on rock solid strategies to boosting your credit over the course of a year?

This could have the makings of a solid house-hacking candidate, which isn't the norm for the area.Kudos to @John Errico for the incredibly thorough response.

I have a small budget, but I feel a solid plan.

I buy private mortgages through a couple brokers who do an excellent job of doing the vetting and provide solid paper.