Purchase price: $68,000 3/2 block home in a mature, rent-friendly neighborhood.

Purchase price: $82,854 Cash invested: $16,000 3/2 block home needed updating near local municipal airport What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Depends on how much cash you have ready and how much credit or private money you have access to. 

The version of the VA renovation loan I have access to will function like that and not all VA lenders allow that.

Your library should give you access to a bunch of audiobooks too which has helped me a ton.

I'm listing an older gulf access home in SE Cape Coral and it's booked solid with seasonal renters and its pretty dated, clean but older (actually my age, 49 :).

So while you might accumulate equity (hopefully) with principal pay down not much accessible cash flow coming in.  

You may also have trouble getting access for an appraisal.

I understand why many are saying to consider a self-directed Roth for the investment, but also in retirement your goals change as you may need access to funds for general life expenses.

The good news is you have lots of options to access this information yourself, and you can take steps to correct any errors you find.Once you are confident your credit report is where it needs to be, you can explore financing options, like traditional lending, hard money loans, and private financial backers.