You now have formal short sale approval, and you need to secure short term financing to close the sale?

Moreover, for educational purposes, the advisor whose clients have their monies tied up in only so many investment vehicles(securities) could further leverage that same money by borrowing against just one of those securities, fund RE deals(not even mine) and let the same initial security investment work a double for him/her.

My goal, like most I think, is eventually freedom from my 9-5 and financial security for my family that no 401k can ever provide.  

However, the glue down type is less expensive so that is one advantage of going that direction and it wouldn't need baseboards to secure it in place.

If you are looking for the 'security" of a job. go for biz or finance and then get a MS in specific area.

Under most office leases, you are going to be charged extra for all the operating expenses of the building, from taxes and insurance to security to cleaning the restrooms.If you need any work done in your office, you have to go through the building management and use their contractors.

Once I started looking at the numbers and seeing what successful people are doing all around me I realized I was trading my freedom for a false sense of security.

Massachusetts has extremely strict laws for handling security deposits.

Assuming you move forward because the underwriting checks out then you need to secure financing.Securing financing is easier said than done, and unless you have years of experience, successful projects and a fat net worth you most likely will not get financing from traditional banks or get rates that slaughter the economics of the project.

A tax lien is a legal claim against your property to secure payment of the taxes you owe.