Also, Nice pic, that is of the Burj Al Arab Hotel isnt it.

Both have good teaches its al about what works for the individual. 

Al Smith. 

So, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, Alabama, etc. are my target states these days. 

. - Not sure how far you reached in your AL adventure, Please connect with @Lane Kawaoka for his words of wisdom.Good LuckVivek

It's a life full of surprises/misery and sometimes I cursed myself "why do I need to do this", but then when I checked Zillow and went to the tax guy, I'm happy again for no reason.Nowadays I can answer random landlord questions like (-) which state you need to file tax when you receive loss at your K1 (-) what's the cost of fixing a plumbing in Alabama (-) Why are property taxes so high in Texas and IL (-) Why house soil condition is not that great in Montgomery (-) why there's a lot of HVAC thief at blablabla (-) this neighborhood in Indiana is really bad because ..... (-) Can I receive QBI deduction again ??

Al l very good bits of information. 

@AL Brown I'd never heard of Sofi before you brought them up so thanks for bringing a new lender up but if you're looking in the $1 million range you need to look at the government agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

I've got a deal under contract in an older upscale suburb of Birmingham, Alabama.  

@Chris Mason is making it a lot more clear that @Brandon Turner et al do what they do by using commercial lending to avoid all of these Fannie requirements.