This type of loan is far less common than the typical mortgage.A new build will require a construction loan with draws at certain milestones.  

There is a 50% chance a scary person will become President.Lets slow down on spending...Even the brilliant Janet Yellen is going WTF.James I am starting to ask will they reverse the rate hike. 

The tenant is a sub contractor (plumber) and work has been slow is the reason for the late rent and he has no plans to buy a house soon.

It downloaded both the IDS emulator and the citrix receiver, but both were terribly slow.

Might just be a "slow it down" tactic to add some uncertainty, even if it won't hold up..

As you mentioned a penalty for withdrawing from retirement accounts, you may want to consider what could be done via a self-directed IRA that allows you to buy direct RE.  

Thanks, slow and steady when the race sometimes.

But I realized its Superbowl Sunday... will that be a slow day for an open house?  

We decided to go ahead with the agreed price.After listing the property, which looks great in pictures, we realized it was a very slow time for renting a house.

Unfortunately with this property I "inherited" a slow-paying tenant, an eviction where the tenant waited until the last minute to move out, followed by the realization that the property was a drug house, 40 man hours of cleanup... then the two break-ins.