But if you're just starting out and you don't have that, my recommendation would be to stay local.You will find it difficult to find a single family home in Rhode Island within the 80-120k range, unless you are willing to live in a very tough area and/or buy a house that needs a lot of work.

My wife is a nurse at UMC. 3 different coworkers have moved to Florida and back after staying less than 2 years.

I just saved you 15 grand . ..Now that you got that out of the way ,you can stay on this site and learn the other 99% of real estate investing for free

I had a tenant that was moving out due to family illnesses, but a sudden change in things in life and they asked to stay another year.

If you are not planning on staying in Seattle, you should look into the option in the area you want to move to. 

I'd stay out of Shorline bc the houses/neighborhoods aren't much to look at and the traffic to/fro is often a nightmare (we call it Canada).

Unless you are an experienced sponsor/investor then I would stay away from this one.

I stay away from that area because I do not believe the population growth or job growth will support all of that development long term.

He could attempt to do a loan modification (loan mod) with the lender, though this would cut you out but would be great for him if his goal is to stay in the house. 

The seller and her lawyer sent us the contract and we got it back to them within a week with revision, and now the seller has had it for 3 weeks now.. with the Lawyer being on vacation for 1 week for his honeymoon. how long do i stay in this deal?