@Andrea Graybill, welcome to BP. there are a couple of absolutes that you need to understand about investing and using BP.In answer to your last question , yes it is possible to make a fortune in this business regardless of your financial circumstances.Going out and spending borrowed cash to listen to someone who thinks they're better than you is a kamikaze exercise when you have all the resources and information you'll ever need here on BP.

I'm absolutely willing to pay a fair share of the commision received from their leads.

Absolutely no way.If you're asking about hard money loans or funds from private sources here, well, I really doubt it, besides money laundering issues and restrictions on moving money and 99.99% of us not knowing what RE mortgage rules are there, you'd have as much luck financing Jupiter.Considering the unrest there, I'd say impossible

They can't ask specific questions and post vague questions that would require a book to cover, simply because they don't study responsible type materials.There is absolutely nothing, nothing at all in small real estate investing as it is covered here that can not be answered here.

There are some real issues and this is absolutely no place for a newbie to start out.

Don't give her any reason to stay longer than absolutely necessary.

Unless the market is absolute crap..which at that point, you need to ask yourself if it is a good idea to invest in  a crap market it might be, it might not be. 

I am trying to get a hold of the decision maker for one of their REO properties because the broker knows absolutely nothing about the property.

If you throw a small car loan in there as well (as long as this doesn't kill your debt-to-income ratio) you can expect to be in the 660 range within 6-12 months assuming you're starting with absolutely no credit (good or bad).Lenders will also want to see reserves (funds left in your account after closing), FNMA requires 6 months PITI for loans on investment properties.Hope this helps!

I absolutely hate changing mini blinds.