If the goal is to live totally free plus have cash in the bank, then it might be pretty tough to get this property cheap enough.

I had a guy that would have one of his workers stay there.

Then, it's all about the game, winning a deal, making a tough loan, putting a deal together that stumped others or taking down a property that others tried to get for decades.

A word of advice is to start contacting banks about a mortgage ASAP, as it will definitely be tough to acquire pre approval with only a year's worth of salary.

The company I work for did this and it really messed with some of the workers reporting to me.

Its pretty tough to get a loan if you are self employed, especially if you are good at dodging the tax man.I was just saying you'd be surprised who has money out there.

It was tough.

I'm chugging away at REI and telling my co-workers I'm just passing through :)I'm not familiar with the queens market, but I'm sure there are a lot of local investors here on the site that can get you up to speed.

A co-worker of mine went through Fortune Builders when he got started and he said it was good for someone with no experience and I thought this would be the same.

Welcome to BP @Glenn Lovelace, sorry to hear about the tough situation.