If she is getting a divorce, she will not know for sure until the ink is dried on the divorce papers.I have always used two rules of thumb:1) Avoid being more than 25 percent of the NET income.2) Make sure the tenant/borrower has the ability to enjoy life and still pay the rent/mortgage without sweating bullets.

Instead it was because they were taking on lots of challenging endeavors, looked professional and were closely associated with some successful investors.

In layman's terms this means the buyer can enjoy and possess the property but the seller retains full and perfected ownership merely granting the equitable interest to the buyer.  

We all just enjoyed being around each other.

If you are good with that, and enjoy that kind of work then so be it.

I have also learned that when you start asking them real questions about the details they would rather not talk about them.Good luck in your real estate endeavors.

So far I'm enjoying the site a lot.

It is a retirement plan, at least part of it, and a light has been shed showing, (see below) that this is not enough to retire on, and still have the same standard of living that we enjoy now, albeit a modest one.To prepare for the sale of the house, it was going to take a long time to accomplish working full time.

Enjoy the forums!

I don't know your age, but if you pump your Roth 401K up, you can establish a 72t distribution that allows you to enjoy that tax free money without penalties before age 59 1/2.There are many threads that explain all the advantages of 401Ks vs.