Will save you a ton of money and time .

@David Greene said he could only do 2 deals a year because he would have to save the 20% down payment.

I can’t imagine going through a short sale in order to save $7000.

For now, save your money up front and get experience talking to sellers yourself, then you'll know how to tell Pat Live what you want out of their service

Also, do I do that for all credit cards or just mine and keep my wife’s going for a chance to save her credit score?

Save all of the money you can and then when you turn 18 try to start building your credit.

I am in the Austin, TX area, preparing for my first property and was planning to get it next year after I save more for a DP.

Here is the flooring we went with: Pergo San MarcoThe texture and coloring is forgiving and the durability for water allowed us to carry the flooring into the bathroom, which saved us on cost of tiling!

Nobody wants to "reward" bad behavior, but if you can rid yourself of a problem quickly, you might save money in the long run.

So any legality is probably going to revolve around the notion of selling an option on a property you don't own, which is going to be a problem in every jurisdiction, not just Texas.The way you resolve that is to either sell your option (assignment) or sell an option to buy your option, instead of selling an option to buy the property.Hope that's clear.