They are fuel for the engine.

I have an engineering background and am great with numbers and MS Excel.

The sky is the limit , Pilot is ready for absolutely anything, Engine 100 percent full.

Do not avoid an attorney is my advice.You need to make other friends too, some Realtors (not just one), bankers. mortgage brokers, title people/closing agents, appraisers and in your area, take a building inspector to lunch and pick his brain and a civil engineer.

I would like to take advantage of flip properties to feed my buy and hold engine but not sure if this should be my first course of action.

A garage space would need to be added, because it's only a one car garage.

Throw in a round trip plane ticket, hotel, rental car, food, etc. and it doesn't take long before a short trip can cost you $2K if you're going back east.  

Everybody has cars and parking can be an issue.One of the plans I worked on was for 17 new houses in my back yard.

Better know who controls the water, corps of engineers, utility owned, state dept, and easement restrictions.Sounds like a HOA with home lots not a condo of attached units, so it's not a condo if your house is the only one standing.There is a process to un-incorporate the HOA and plat.Hard to follow your :-: short cuts, can you get to a keyboard?

If she is working 2 jobs, where's her money going - sounds awful and some of you will slam me for it but I bet she's got a nice car and a better tv than you do.