Check out the recent podcast > BP Podcast 149: Early Retirement, Real Estate Bubbles, and Dangerous Scams with Radio/TV Star Clark HowardI would rather invest my 30k as down payment on a 2016 Tesla Model X, park my Tesla on a sandy beach by Ocean Shores, WA, open up the falcon wings and enjoy the rain drops and listening to the BP podcasts.

Hey Jerry, as for the less than 20% down, do you say this to bring up the fact that you could be in this scenario:-low money down, therefore higher monthly payments-huge issue comes up, say this issue forces tenants to move to temporary housing-now you have to cover the mortgage and have no rent coming inThe problem is that you were 'overleveraged' and since you brought only 5% down instead of 20% down, you are now in a terrible situation.People always say do not over leverage yourself, but I feel that is a hugely loaded saying/advice due to the fact it can mean so many different things.  

I plan to use the profits to help fund a home or condo on or near the gulf or the canal in Orange Beach or Gulf Shores.

My past job and the new job that I have started have been temporary** jobs covering parental leaves. 

We owned 2 STRs (a duplex on the beach) in Gulf Shores many years ago. 

When I switched to doing the same work as an independent contractor through a temporary help agency, I was told by the head of the agency to just show up to the interview in my regular office clothes.

We have the RV, I have a place we can stay in the RV for the summer for free, we would just have to find a temporary home or house sit over the winter (looks like we'll be able to pull that off too.)

My problem is more on the number one side with a little twists, it is just a temporary thing because I cannot afford it at the moment but if I start investing I can no doubt about it invest here in a couple of years, the problem is that I don't know what to do now to start my investments and make the money so I can invest here.

But once you get past that temporary challenge you'll run into another: your chosen market.  

During this time, I would probably make sure that I took advantage of the cash infusion, and shore up my reserves, and diversify the investment in CDs, bonds, and other investments that are relatively safe in the short-medium term.This is one perspective, so I'm sure that there are others that have different thoughts.