If you say nothing out of pity the wet machinery of scheming in this woman's brain will be unable to grasp that and will, in her dullness, grasp for the belief that yes, she managed to get one over on you, and that, to her, is an extraordinary triumph.

That being said, I will definitely be reaching out to pick your brain and see what I can do for you to earn your time and experience.  

That's my excuse for ready with my eyes and, sleeping with my brains...and the loan in question I got was a 403b.

Ryan Dossey I would love to pick your brain on the key to keeping hand written direct mail costs down.

A huge part of that is that, for the last 30 years or so, we've told any high school kid with half a brain that they should go get a 4-year college degree.

Would love to pick your brain 😊

Somehow, in his smooth rat brain, he thought that was the secret to making money in real estate -- getting other people to do anything that looks like really hard work with uncertain outcomes for you.It all put me in mind of a well-known passage from one of Theodore Roosevelt's speeches:"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

One of my main concerns is that I have a full time job which takes up all my available time and brain most days. 

If the interest you're paying your father or someone else, combined with the interest on the mortgage, combined with the principal paydown, the rent received, the expenses... if everything results in cash flow that meets your goals, then it will all come down to mustering the faith to take that next step.I would highly recommend connecting with someone locally who has house hacked... pick their brain, learn how they made it work, etc. 

I know..not much but better than $0 :)  I offered seller-financing with attractive terms but she just wants to cash out.I have been racking my brain on how to finance this.