It'll be a smooth ride, I promise.

@Jason Smith , I've traditionally been an all-Windows guy since it was what I knew, but I transitioned primarily to a Macbook Pro a couple of years ago and have loved it.

I have acquired a few rental properties over the last couple of years, but have recently decided to step up the game a bit and begin flipping to transition out of the "employed" sector. 

I do all this upfront so when we go into contract it moves to a smooth closing.

Keeping my fingers crossed for everything to go smooth. :)I am so glad I found this forum.

Since the area is not that great over a long time it could transition to worse.

I know a lot of people her like Allure, I want to hear what can go wrong.This install is in a 3 floor stairwell where I'm planning on using aluminum nosing and quarter rounds to hold it on the treads and risers, and aluminum transition strips to end the hallway flooring short of the balusters.

As far as the future goes, I'm hoping to transition into multifamily properties in the near future, but I'll have to get a little creative to make that a reality.

LIke some of the others said, they will only be funding you with hard money lender or transitional funding where they loan you money for 2-3 days to close a deal, but you never actually get there money, it only funds the deal after your buyer has funded there deal in closing and then they charge you like 2-3% I think for doing that.

My short term goals include transitioning into real estate full time, initially as a real estate agent, and start with fix and flips to build capital.