Maybe not now, but once you have enough gas in the tank so to speak, and can put that plan to work in real estate.Ultimately, the best thing for you to do would be to sit down with a good fee based financial planner (not one who earns commissions on what they sell, but who you pay for their guidance) and draw up a short/mid/long term strategy.  

Its in big time lala land$750,000 for the median house price in Sydney hahaCrazy stuff.I said I would move back to OZ if market tanked at least 70%.Will probably never happen tho :)Thanks

After defaulting, it takes another year for the bank to foreclose and auction off your home.It's not like property values tanked immediately in 2008: it's just that no one was buying and no one was selling because no one could get a mortgage.

I figured as such.Overall, I was just trying to make sure a title search isn't something I can do myself, once I heard that all they do is a FOIA request (assuming that's true).Even if they question 3 or 4 departments, I'm sure that's something my assistant could do, since all the info is probably public record, it's normally a matter of just knowing what to look for, and knowing how to analyze said information.I'm not desperate financially by any means, but if I can save $400, and have my assistant do this stuff in their normal duties, I've saved a couple tanks of gas.  

Often a handyman can do work for much less if you have a list of items to get done eg. install toilet, install cabinets, install hot water tank, tile a bathroom, drywall one bedroom, painting a few walls etc. etc. 

If the market happens to tank right now, just after my first purchase then...

It is beautiful and heart warming to see so many people helping others out in an industry that seems to be predominately populated by sharks and gurus.I'm pretty new to the whole deal - but I am tired of working a standard job where I am mostly just benefiting my employers.

I was a member of RICH for over ten years, a past board member, and I now warn people about RICH Club & advise them to be careful, go to every meeting you can find, and remember that most of the REIA group have plenty of sharks looking for "newbies" BP is one of the few places I recommend.

The current landlord had informed his realtor that a big reason he includes utilities is to make sure the gas tank doesn't go empty and his tenants choose to use space heaters (fire hazard) instead of the forced air that runs on gas, since they don't pay for electric.

Currently a decent amount of space is unusable due to this mechanical closet that is just to contain the furnace and water tank if I'm getting rid of the furnace, I might as well get rid of the whole room and have more living space.