My friends also clearly had no interest in taking care of the property, and it's pretty wrecked.

She was approved by a top rated PM company in San Antonio... whom proved to be very slow in taking preventative action. 4 months in, the neighborhood watch group had called me twice about  activity.

I’m interested in taking a portion of that equity and hoping to begin my real estate portfolio.

To me, its a cycle -- get as much money in, take care of what you need, and get as much money moving to things that can pay you back, e.g. investments, stocks, 401ks, etc.TL;DR -- get your goals in order, set up your plan, and start executing.

Once you clear up that issue, you need to do a title search as well to be sure that there are no other liens or any claims on the property.Once you did that, then you can proceed in taking ownership.

Retire from the Navy at 20 years and enjoy both incomes. 2016 HighlightsHired my first person as an assistant to handle lead intake and admin support Jan - Apr: $18k spent and no income yetApril 18: Closed my first deal and made $9,825 on a wholesale feeMay: Did another wholesale deal making $9,900June: Closed 6 wholesale deals for a total of $55,086.21…….Dec (biggest month): Closed 14 deals for a total of $111,767.18 The total in 2016 was 67 deals, 12 flips and 55 wholesale deals for a total gross profit of $667k.

If you wanna privately message I’ll give you more specifics if you’re interested in taking a look and giving your opinion.

Download myfitnesspal: The app calculates your required daily calorie intake. 

If you're interested in taking your hack a step further, I have helped several friends build a tiny home in their backyard for less than 40K. 

Any general contractors interested in taking on a 203k loan?