The bad news is that the rain never stopped.Picture taken from my garage on day 3, looking out into the streetScreen Shot 2017-12-15 at 6.46.50 AMOn day six, we got a break in the weather and were able to escape - barely making it out on the only lane open East or West on I-10, bound for New Orleans.

What if they were escaping an abusive relationship?

As of right now I've noticed that alot of these properties pencil out once you can muster a 20% downpayment to escape mortgage insurance but that would require close to 100k to get in the game and I'm tired of sitting on the sidelines.

Most people who are real estate investors ultimately want to build cash flow to retire so they escape the rat race. 

Wanted to escape the new regulations Seattle was implementing on landlords and we thought Boise would be better environment.

It meets all the state requirements for having a green card (fire escapes and so on), and the inspection for the green card is conducted by the Union City building department and its inspectors on behalf of the state.Our lender appraised it as a 3 family which meant that the loan was processed as a 3 family. 

My wife and I like to escape and drive up with my in-laws.  

Just make sure to insulate yourself with escape contingencies and never give them anything that they can disappear with.Good luck!

We intend to use the acreage as a place to escape the city when we want but are finding it difficult to get lenders to accept the use of gift money. 

@Jeffery WiremanI am a well seasoned lender who just escaped Austin and now live in the DFW area.