How can you ensure that it's not YOUR  investment property that becomes vacant in the future, when you don't want it to be.Your questions will also need to be taken up with your preferred Bank - or ask lots of different Lenders.At the end of the day, you will likely have to trade-off some House life-style for shopping life-styl (OOPS, I didn't realize about the double post - below)!

I strategically invest in urban areas and rent mostly to young professionals who want a somewhat more urban lifestyle in Jax.

My blog/website is about long distance self management, landlording, investing in class A investments, investing in a transient lifestyle, etc.Look forward to seeing you around!

I'm a 26 year old college graduate from LSU who recently quit his jobs writing insurance policies (for Allstate) and selling funerals (not for Allstate); I quit in order to pursue a full-time lifestyle of real estate investing.My goal is to have experience with every aspect of the real estate process before I turn 30.

That is why I'm looking toward real estate, and other value added revenue streams, rather than simply selling produce.Trying to see how my real estate investment style will fit into that overall lifestyle.

I say that just to say it's great to hear someone who wants full lifestyle design and is driven to figure out how to get it.Welcome to BP!

He didn't have a chance because all of his competitors were enhanced!

If you delevelope a detailed plan of what you desire your passive income to be as well as a lifestyle cost estimate then you can reverse engineer a plan that works for you and meets your goals.

Here's an article from Dec'10 that still applies to today.http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/dec2010/bw20101230_850060_page_2.htmThanks alot speculators...

If you're anxious to begin investing then cut your lifestyle way back or get a weekend job.