As long as you're not discriminating against someone based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status or handicap, you won't run afoul of the federal Fair Housing laws.

I'm going to run over there and be waiting in his driveway, hope he is on time, start it and hand him the money, take the title and race back home to get on here.

@Assata Moore When I speak of the hood I am not speaking to any particular city or race.

No time to horse around you need to execute a perfect plan to make this work.  

You also need to do an inspection - I had a couple of board horses on my farm and they destroyed my stalls (ate the boards and tore up fences).  

It does require some serious hustle to start, but it’s also a really fun race against the clock.

I want to get out of the rat race and be financially free.

I think if I can save up $75k cash I wouldn’t need a HML And I’d be off to the races. 

Let's not put the cart before the horse...have you asked the 81 year old Lady if she wants to sell?

and am gathering nuggets that I'd rather not gain through hard knocks.Frankly, I would not start this race with a sprint to the first door under your belt, unless you were house hacking.