While you're doing way better than most people, your income is below the national average.

Hi BP Nation,I have a motivated seller with a property in Florida.

Check out http://www.onetonline.org/ and research your local market (major employers, major corporations moving in/out, etc.).

According to mortgage business development manager for Security National, “In over 25 years of doing loans, I’ve never seen so many hurdles in the loan approval process.

Going back into the "Corporate" world, while painful in some ways, is definitely a means to an end.

Many of us now have clients nation/world wide.

Welcome to BP Nation @Heather K.

Merry Christmas to all at BP Nation, and let's have a great 2014, in the Dodd Frank Era of Real Estate Finance!

But I think the fact that I grew up in Germany, where everything is set and precise, sort of pushed me into the other directions, once I left the corporate world.

Dependent upon your current total annual income, marital status, dependent status etc, it might make sense to add a C-corporation in the line up to take advantage of the tax rates first 50k is taxed at 15% and then distributed to yourself you may be looking at a savings if you're over the 33% bracket.