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.

Is it likely I could find a mentor out in Colorado to take me on as their project child?

If I can cash flow comfortably and be 100% leveraged, I'll be 100% leveraged.

Geography plays a huge role in real estate and many investors have a small comfort zone of buying starting with where they live.  

Not a huge deal.She stopped it when our first child was born.

There was just a recent case that got a lot of publicity, where an 80-year old couple with a handicapped child was being evicted by the 'bad wolf landlord' and they couldn't find another apartment for $ 800 (which they've been paying) in Chinatown in San Francisco, where that same apartment would go for $ 3,200 now.