Acquiring the title will require the lien be paid prior to closing.  

If you want to acquire more property keep the cash reserves for another purchase.

San Antonio has a good variation of prices itself, towards the south you can still acquire properties for 40k and re-sell for 110k.

I call myself an accidental buy and hold investor as we've acquired properties for reasons other than investing: better neighborhood, more space.

I am actually interested in house hacking for my first investment and I'm wondering if anyone has used hard money loans to acquire capital for a down payment and rehab costs, then refinanced to pay the hard money loan off.

I've never done any kind of investing before.The obvious data to record would be the purchase price, market value, sale price, and associated fees for each parcel that I acquire.

I am planning to start acquiring rental portfolio of SFR in and around North West suburbs.

My goal is to acquire 125 properties in 2017 for the company that my friend started.

I think you're on the right path, focus on getting your engineering degree while studying up on how to acquire your first property.

I'm looking to network with potential buy and holders in this area and speak with people who have interest in acquiring more buy and hold properties.