Check out the listing input forms for a residential property for two different MLSs: Los Angeles and San Diego (in case you want to see how different the forms can be).

Lastly, what kind of REI do you want to be?

It has been 35 days now and she still hasn't moved and we are kind of freaking out as time is money and the lady is not very responsive to our calls and text messages. 

@Alison CromwellIn order to obtain a flip loan with no consistent income history, the following steps need to be undertaken: create an impressive credit score, put aside more funds as a down payment, check out new methods of getting funding besides what is available from banks or other financial institutions, involve yourself in investments with toughened entrepreneurs, show how financially sound you are by doing things such as getting enough money into savings over time through frugal living habits or accumulating valuable assets that can be readily converted into cash when required among others like developing several stable sources of income or steadily growing one.

.,  I appreciate that kind shout out from @Alex Olson and @Natalie Bender. 

Worth checking.

The claim check is way over what I owe on the mortgage. 

You for sure want cleanings every couple of weeks so you can get inside the property to check on it.

I suppose I could find something out there for less that needs more work but I’m afraid anything much less than 200k in or near Tampa area is a total tear-down kind of job, which I don’t want to do from across the country for my first investment.

Oh, and I knew near to nothing about finance short of how to get a checking account, but I knew how to build, and renovate, better then anyone else around, and I made a promise, so I went at it.