I found this from a file I made 4 or 5 years ago when I interviewed every realestate investor I could hunt down in my area.

Our goal is to secure properties (amount tbd) to help supplement our retirement.

Lesson learned about the lockbox and getting a security system we can take to all properties after it’s sold or rented.

If all fails and collapses, you want to have a place to live that you feel secure in.

Use extra screws to secure the cabinet to the wall even better.

If you do play that game and get caught, you generally get a cease and desist the first offense but the state could just go ahead and file 3rd degree felony charges for brokering without a license. 

Maybe there are statistical models that predict C% loans getting paid off in full & sooner more frequently than D%, so Wall Street pays a premium for mortgage  backed securities with more of D% in it, which is passed onto the consumer in the form of D% being offered for merely 0.3 more than C%.

I do have his first month’s rent and one month’s security deposit.

In Oct. 2017, I learned of her new employment and filed wage garnishment toward the judgment/debt.Today, I received a call from tenant's attorney who stated that, "since the tenant filed for chapter 13 bankruptcy in 2015, I could not legally garnish her wages."

If you aren't subdividing, where will the money for the additional homes come from if you have just one parcel and it is securing the loan for the 1st house?