Get a solid attorney on board, cross your T's and dot your I's.  

Keep your eyes open for that green store opening up!

@Lizina Green I work for a large appraisal firm and even within our firm, each of our appraisers differ in the way they do things.

Green street communities.

These were the neighborhoods around the Atlantic Rail Yards, Fort Greene, and Boerum Hill which is now home to the Brooklyn Nets and the site of numerous $400M luxury apartment developments.Of course this analogy is a stretch because of obvious differences between northern Utah and New York city.  

Hey Brent It will only be a rental until my green card is approved.

I guess I need to keep my fingers crossed that these first few deals work out and then get an attorney to create my own trust deeds and promissory notes with personal guarantees included.

I've also been on Mint.com for several years, but find YNAB to suit my needs better.The idea to use a credit card is more to sort of arbitrage the investment and to make the final push to get $2-4k extra for the down payment (and some cushion, which could be paid back into the card should it not be needed).That said, I can put together a few grand relatively quickly without resorting to this method, and that is plan A, but the strategy shared in this post was one that crossed my mind in considering how to achieve my goal a bit faster (by the end of the summer rather than the end of the year).I'll likely take the more prudent route you advise.Thanks again,Derek

David Greene and I do out of state investing, we also hold free monthly meet-ups in the East Bay if you are interested in attending, please reach out and I would be happy to send you details.  

http://www.ocfrealty.com/naked-philly/girard-estates/fresh-renderings-upcoming-south-quarter-crossing-renovationBig news for West Passyunk / Girard Esates area!!