Jessica:Before you jump into any type of real estate investing carefully study your own market.

Went to college, studied for a "high paying" job in IT, graduated, job hunted, blah blah.

If a new study is correct, some of the most taxed people in the world are also its happiest.

If you're looking for a legal opinion, and someone to study that law and tell you what it means, you need to hire a lawyer.In general, bird dogs are on very sketchy legal ground.

:mrgreen: Yeap, just in time for Stalin to swoop down with his "rich tax" so he can fund a study on why cow patties stink in the summer time.

You need to study Florida Landlord lawsas well, the prospective tenants will, they can be found easily online Hope this helped and gl..

I guess I still don't see why you need an attorney reviewing purchase contracts when agents on a 6 week home study course can.To each his own I guess.

Abraham Maslow, a human development theorist, studied people with healthy personalities and believed that people have the ability to be creative in their decisions about life.

The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.

If you do decide to go the HM route (and I agree that a traditional bank/loan should be sought out first)Be sure - and I mean extra sure you can get a refi - and not just some pre-approval letter - make sure someone looks at your actual bank statements / pay stubs / tax returns etc....all of it.Also - I would pay for at least a desktop appraisal and I would study the comps (or have the appraiser chat with you about it) and see what kind of volume is happening in this area.While I have never had a HML for more then 60 days if your going to keep that cash for longer you need to be sure the comps will be there to support it - if your looking 6 months out understand your taking a risk - what if there are no comps?