I do understand that you must accumulate knowledge before jumping into investing but would appreciate if I could gain knowledge from mentors rather than learning the slow and painful way.

I feel your pain.

If you have the $ available and are sure of your value going in (don't need value confirmation of a bank appraisal) your closing costs will be at least $3k lower.Plus much less time and the pain qualifying for the loan requires.   

@Lucas Miller here’s a good summary article: https://www.reliablebackgroundscreening.com/news-and-articles/industry-news/2017/06/act-eviction-judgments-disappear-credit-reports/

Adding the plumbing for the kitchen sink can be a bit of a pain if the wall behind it is block..

Lodgable - a growing company may be growing pains and bugs but a great offeringVreasyLogifyOne RooftopHost Away Bookerville - Cheap/can do anything and everything but looks like it's from the 90's

I-4 is consistently a mess traveling towards the theme parks in the morning and heading back to Sanford in the evening with rush hour traffic would also be painful.

Find a few more crews and use them too.Having specialists on your payroll is a pain in the ***.

Or living in it for 2 yearsI wanted to avoid the income tax but also I think if I show that much income this year my grants for college will disappear as well, so I was hoping to avoid that as well.

There has been a lot of pain but the lessons are priceless.