I'd definitely recommend starting with our free guide "The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing" and the BiggerPockets Podcasts to replace all that Carlton Sheets stuff :) What kind of investing do you think you wanna get into?

It is a great place to connect and network with other investors and ask these kinds of questions on strategy.

What kind of investing do you want to get into?

Even if you follow those guidelines the ultimate decision rest with your brokerage and what kind of liability they want or will accept.The activities you are wanting to do may not be covered under their E and O policy or the brokerage may simply not want you doing these types of activities.

It's NOT possible in today's lending atmosphere.If you do, kindly give me the name and number of this lender as I am in the situation as you are.

Hardwood rarely holds smells of any kind if it is sealed correctly.

I really hope to see him one day down the road and be nice and polite, but not offer or accept any kind of friendship/partnership/deals.I feel like it's me against him now, and competition is always good!

sure they can, but why if it's cheap money just to pay low APR and use the money elsewhere. you grow faster when you pay a portion over time instead of the whole amount upfront. kind of like leasing a car. a buy is 550, but a lease is 325. you get to use the 225 that you have left over for anything else you want.i am sure i am not explaining it the correct way, but hopefully someone can chime in.

It's not easy at all and the upfront costs can be pretty large depending on what kind of rental you are trying to create.

Brian, you were kind enough to send me alot about the option you mentioned, including the opinion of the attorney who devised it and that is where I based my opinion, from what was said between us and the attorney's remarks, that the due on sale could be avoided.