I talked to them over the week end and the most they would tell me is they are a Delaware company, didn't share their corporate name, but they certainly wanted a lot of information from me, such as bank statements, copy of social security card, and a lot of other stuff that I just don't feel comfortable in giving out to anyone that I don't have any kind of relationship with.

The landlord, however, can charge a security deposit (but not a separate pet deposit or larger one because of the pet) and may still seek money from the tenant if there is any damage caused by the animal to the home." 

However the property is no longer security for that loan. 

You will generally not be given an account to pull credit without an office and often times proper protections in place to ensure that data is kept secure.  

They may give you a secured loan against the one you have but it may be more productive to bring them the specifics of a deal on another property and have that property secure the hard money loan.

IMHO, if I was going to want to essentially quit my job in 10 years, I would want to secure keep some of my funds liquid to safeguard my family, as well as, ensure that I was able to successfully manage all of my properties without the need to reenter the workforce.Hope this questions help us better assist you in realizing your dream!

That assumes at least 1 garage spot and/or convenient secure parking and some yard area.  

I'll start off by saying believe in the power of CL (craigslist) I don't let a day pass   without utilizing that site.my advice to you would be log on CL search area's within a 2hr distance from you go under real estate fsbo filter your search with we buy house's or I buy ugly house's and investor special,once you find these ads start making phone calls,reason being these investors know their local market and have their hands on the pulse of that farm area.After dissecting all the useful info from local rei,I generally go to google streetview and walk the neighborhoods to have a better understanding of there market.Trust me it works I just closed 3 wholesale deals in Birmingham,Al using those same techniques,I was fortunate enough to find a we buy house's sign on a street corner zoomed in on the sign called the number and almost 2 months later the deal was funded.I hope this post serves you willCheers!

```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````Chapter 5313: LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS 5313.01 Land installment contract definitions.As used in Chapter 5313. of the Revised Code: (A) "Land installment contract" means an executory agreement which by its terms is not required to be fully performed by one or more of the parties to the agreement within one year of the date of the agreement and under which the vendor agrees to convey title in real property located in this state to the vendee and the vendee agrees to pay the purchase price in installment payments, while the vendor retains title to the property as security for the vendee's obligation.

Nonetheless, I was nervous that it would take too long to get permits and what additional hoops I would have to jump through to even start the rehab.While going through the permit process, I began the process of securing funds for the rehab.