Well said Account Closed but the ferry situation is no joke, especially during rush hour with a car you must arrive early, traffic to get to the ferry is nuts too.

A new car salesman will always tell you buy my new car same with a PA. 

You may need to do a few BT to get to $30k- apply for fee new cards with sign up bonus and 0% interest promo that way, you can fund most of your rehab and reward yourself with free travel after you complete your project- get HELOC if you have enough equity in your house- re-finance your car if it’s paid off and pay it off after the project is done (Penfed sends you a check for a car)- apply for Business Loan if you have business

Essentially them working with you would be like a car salesman talking to 4 year olds about cars because eventually they will turn 16 & need to buy a car.Don't start off in business with a broken plan.

You should be carful and hope that the meeting is not swamped by STR investors.

Say, for example, paying a higher interest rate on the first 20 percent of the note, then dropping to the normal rate once 20 percent is paid off?

Signing an assignment deal without seeing the purchase contract is like buying a used car without driving it.

I will check out REIpro and attend REIA's next meeting tomorrow just to be able to have conversations with people.Congratulations on taking your first steps into financial freedom, i am finally getting in my car and just driving for $$ today just to get a proper view of properties in my neighborhood and around.

I personally dont contribute in the Retirement plan right now because I can always resume when I am making more money, and plan to have other kinds of Retirement plan that will let me contribute a lot more than normal limitation for an employed worker. 

I have student loans around 40k but I am opposed to car payments and have zero credit cards.