Set for Life: Dominate Life, Money and the American Dream by @Scott TrenchAside from the classic Rich Dad Poor Dad, Scott Trench's Set for Life is the perfect book for new investors to get their mindset right.

A title search revealed several liens against its owner (breach of contract, credit card judgment) as well as multiple Ohio state tax lien against his LLC company.

I'm in the classic situation of deciding whether to pay down mortgages vs refinancing and buying more.

Save 10% by buying everything sales tax-free, save 3-5% by charging everything to the right credit card, save 1-5% with a click-through cashbackmonitor and save 10-50% in income taxes by making everything a write-off via the proper entity OR leverage the purchases into business credit cards that boost your entity's PAYDEX score!

But I lived in Florida for 25 years, and I think Jacksonville D class would not be in the cards for me.

Seriously though you're ahead of the game compared to most Americans, who rent forever and keep credit card debit/never save. 

Trade business cards or whatever but leave your wallet at home.Join up with some local investor meetups.

Consider this-- if credit card balance transfers really worked to eliminate debt, would credit card companies offer them? 

I acquired some business credit cards but have been denied left and right for home renovation and personal loans.Unit is old (think pink & blue bathroom and 8x7 kitchen with floral countertops).

@Zoe Lee if my potential tenant had 100k of student loans I’d take that any day over 100k worth of credit card, auto or some frivolous debt.