With owner financing you can make up whatever terms you want.Over 1/3 of residential houses are free and clear.I get a list from a broker, and ask them to turn their house into an annuity stream instead of cash.Own a note with security instead of tenants and toilets.

FEMA is constantly updating their maps and you will get different answers from different sources all at the same time.Check with your insurance provider to see if flood insurance is required at the property you want to buy?

We are constantly doing research and learning but lack the experience which most of you have.

I was thinking that may be a way for her to get her income stream without the hassles of any of the property management details.A secondary question off of this that maybe can also be addressed by those in the know are - why would a Realtor even reach out to a "we buy houses" type of investor in the first place when they could list their own property and keep 1/2 of the potential commission?

If you add equity to cashflow, the 5 year plan is superior any time.Doing a Net Present Value (NPV) calculation makes all income streams a wash at around 7% return, however rents would be scheduled to increase accordingly.

I am a newbie here at BP and I am constantly amazed at the wealth of info floating around these forums.

I assume you have attempted to stream-line your mortgages.

Otherwise, he was just constantly, as in daily, reallocating his crews off our projects to those of new clients to show them how "hard working" he and his guys were and to convince them of the need for more funds to "keep up his progress", then when he got them, he'd move on to the next victim...I mean, client.

I've got my living expenses pretty low, but still trying to get used to the idea of not having a steady stream of paycheck income.

MLS deals, if they are truly a deal will be picked up by the experienced investors and the agents they work with that are constantly getting MLS updates within a few hours.Looking for other ways to find a deal will be much more fruitful - direct mail, bandit signs, driving for dollars.