Those are people who plan to stay and make your house their home. 

Stay in school, and get a finance degree with a focus on real estate, or go to trade school and become an electrician/plumber/HVAC.Can you be successful without it? 

If you can not stay out of bad debt it is unlikely you have what it take to be a successful investor.  

And be sure to check with folks other than your family banker (where you carry all your accounts) - you'd be surprised how much price / term shopping can save you on each deal.Best of luck to you and I look forward to following your journey!

I'd be really surprised if they took you to small claims court, considering they've already kept your $5200 SD. 

I've also been using TruePeopleSearch (https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/) which is absolutely free and it surprisingly gives accurate numbers most of time.

He also wouldn't be overly surprised by a non-renewal since I've been pretty transparent on my intentions.

Stay hungry.

I would stay open to splitting the equity as tenants in common - your first deal should be about experiencing a successful deal not having 100% ownership.

IMO the MLS has become too competitive, and has forced me to look at other channels.If you feel that you don't have the time to do your own marketing efforts, I would look at FSBO websites like Craigslist, FSBO.com, forsalebyowner.com and the marketplace on Facebook (I'm serious, it might surprise you).