I recommend focusing on deal #1 first (to see if you even like REI and to help with what deal #2 should be); otherwise, you are putting the proverbial cart before the horse.

At this point, we don't have much choice but to let things ride and see what happens...

South of Gandy Blvd, but close to everything: Marina District, Hyde Park, Downtown, and a short ride out to the Gulf beaches.

My wife has MS and she's dying to get enough land for a horse someday soon, but I decided to be a teacher ... so that may be a ways off if I don't get my foot in the door with real estate soon.

If you go in without the latter, they builder is going to take you for a ride and include all kinds of stuff in that contract that will cost you a mint.

@Jeremy, I use to use bham land bank, now I just ride around in areas where I know there are a lot of abandoned houses.

Not wanting to beat a dead horse But I still have several questions .How long does the home owner have to be deceased before some possible heir can show up and claim ownership?

I’d put the money to pay it off in a money market account and make 5%+Unless you need to pay it off for your DTI, I’d let it ride until the end. :)

For the wholesaler, you get around other real estate professionals, pay them to do ride alongs, study and attend classes (I’m treading cautiously with that “classes” comment), network with agents to learn that side and see how you can all mesh together in the process.

That way you'd also potentially ride out high interest rates too.