What a **** head tenant, what did you do to him?

ACH transfer straight into their bank account.

Keep your head on straight, stay calm, treat others as you want to be treated and remember it is a business so you have to take care of your business.  

Might be some lean times ahead in Oil & Gas, but that's the typical O&G boom or bust cycle.If you have deep pockets & patience - probably a great time to get into O&G. 

A mistake alot of new contractors make is getting it in their head that if they charge less than every other contractor they'll get more work and get ahead somehow in the future.

They are entered into an online offer system that goes straight to the bank's asset manager.

Delay my goals, or pull the rope and give myself the ok for a full steam ahead?

Much appreciation for reading my post and sharing your bright ideasMasaAloha Best way to reduce risk on an all cash purchase is to go ahead and have it appraised anyway.

Turnkey might be harder if you're just looking for a straight conventional loan, and flips may be easier if you're willing to use HML. 

I've floated across careers/jobs in new home construction (worked in the structural warranty side), fitness, and travel - I've always loved to learn and grow myself, but I have not built much for "retirement" (though not sure I will ever retire, I love entrepreneurship), was recently divorced and I'm around 40 - so I have a road ahead and all...so definitely want to grow some decent rental income within 10-15 years, but I was considering fix and flip for not only diversity, but it sounds like fix and flip might be a great way to get some capital, which I don't really have at this point.