So, we are planning on buying enough homes that when they are paid off the rental income - expenses will allow us to live comfortably.

I didn't use his program but it was definitely the inspiration I needed to become comfortable with creative financing.

Currently, buy and hold investing is really all that I feel comfortable stepping into, and I just don't fell comfortable doing so in my area.

If you are not comfortable that they are, run!

But this also gives you the ability to ask yourself, Am I comfortable with returns on the low side of that range if expenses are higher, or rents a bit lower, than I thought originally?

I'm very comfortable with it since he will be completely "by the book."

Mechanic's liens, past due child support, judgments due the state or fines may have priority over the perfected security interest of any creditor in any forced sale.A lien does not transfer ownership, the basis for calling a mortgage or note due is not so much arising from the "due-on-sale" clause, it is a violation of the mortgage or note terms of keeping title free of encumbrances or in keeping debts created paid as agreed as such matters clouds title.

I was hoping you could lend some expertise on how you got over that hump and how you got comfortable with paying insanely high interest rates on hard money and private money if that is what you indeed chose to use?

Some income that may be considered as a compensating factor would be child support if it is to be received for less than 2 years, if the child is say 16, as intentions to continue education is not a reliable matter.

A pit gets out and bites a child or attacks someone.