More common is the potential buyer who pays large sums up from for the promise of financing that disappears once payment is made.  

Oh, and this month we  are having a one of the owners/ lawyer of Common Wealth Trust Services speak about setting up Land Trusts to do your real estate investing.Have a blessed Day!

I'd encourage you to find an agent that is active in that market and approach them with what your goals are.

In building my portfolio, I want to continually think of ways to gain traction and accelerate towards my financial goals.

If it's a common name also search the town or city or county with their name to see if you get different results.

Educational deficiency is quite common.

My question is, should my goal be to put that 26K towards the house that I am living in and have it paid off OR should I use that money to obtain another deal or two in that 22 months time OR do a combination of the two?

And much continued success with your goals!!!

In order to keep this simple, let's not make judgments on the current state of the stock market or where it might be headed in the next year or 2 or 5; let's simply assume the commonly touted 7-8% average long-term return will continue ... again just to keep it simple.Thanks all ...

Sitting with a group of strangers with a common interest can discover things people don't know.