The living room features a vaulted ceiling with a large beautiful iron chandelier, fireplace,& stained wood mantle.

I have very good credit and only a small amount of consumer debt (less than 10k).

Time consuming, but not difficult.

Which ironically is the remaining principle on my primary residence which will likely be a rental in a few years and is in TN a potentially more landlord friendly state.External influences: My wife and I are pursuing FI mainly through real estate.

I love that you repeated the words of Brandon and David because I often forget those valuable pieces of information when I am trying to consume as much as possible.

Hello BP, first time poster here, and long time podcast consumer.

At which point - as you mentioned - I may want to lean more towards a few wholesaling deals because my time won't be consumed or restricted (for lack of better words) by my full-time job.

I was told by a neighbor that the area was mined for iron ore (or at least "test pits" were dug to look for iron ore).It's the low bearing capacity of the soil below the fill that has me spooked. 

You don't have to hit him with an iron fist while he's already down.

Everybody has to play the game by the rules.Doing a short sale deal like yours is time consuming, but not difficult.