He stayed with us for 3-4 months each year & was gone on the North Sea oil rigs the rest of the time.

I spoke with a family member who said they are waiting on the examiners report and will let me know the official cause of death and if it was related to COVID-19 or not.

I was thinking about using it to rehab an investment property, about $18,000, we just bought and save access to the rest for reserves should this current economical state continue for many months. 

(While the virus was ramping up and the stock market was trending down.)I have no idea where the numbers will go next week or next month, but this is one example of how things are "shifting" in the real estate investing world right now.I’m not saying it’s a good thing or a bad thing.It’s just change.And my goal is to stay on top of these changes so I can share what I’m seeing with you and the rest of the real estate community.

I have gotten to know him over the last year or so and he seems to be fairly friendly with me and the rest of the staff at the store.

Feel free to remind your tenants of the gov't assistance that is on it's way, and suggest a time that they may be able to pay the rest of the rent. 

I put $10 down and plan to have a tenant buyer pay the PITI plus the rest is cash flow.

Atlanta) and to spend $200k on an 1,100 sq. ft house is freakin' insane.But just in case any beginners read this and have a heart attack...I'm assuming California rehabs are 3-5X  higher than the rest of the country?

This is essentially the same thing as refinancing as stated in the 1st option however it would be handled in two separate transactions and would require you to move around a lot of money, whereas the refi (still two transactions) the refinance proceeds pay the original loan and the rest goes to you it is all done at the same table at the same time.

MARealtors.com provides the rest of the numbers:Affordability continues to be a challenge as inventory (# of homes for sale in Feb 2020) fell 20.45% compared to 2/19.