I have witnessed situations where a homeowner was due nearly half a million after a trustee's sale.  

I rented it that day though my overhaul wasn't  complete (floors pulled up, counters bare, half painted)!

If this site is half as good as the podcast, I'm sure things will go well. 

Over half of our calls our not interested or take off list.  

It's a half hour drive or so for him.  

Worth area, just recently graduated college about a year and a half ago and have been fortunate enough to land a job in my career field (accounting).

Signing, first months rent along with half of the brokers fee was to be paid this past Tuesday.

I've been a full time real estate investor in Columbus for about 2 and a half years now so let me know if you ever have any questions (and if I don't have the answer I most likely know someone who does).  

Because of your situation you should seriously and as a matter of urgency consider the FHA 3.5 % downpayment for owner occupied  triplex or quadruplex purchase.you could also benefit from rehab loan if you need to fix the property and hold to generate rental cashflow from this multiplex investment property. at the end of the day you wont  even need to spend half or your 20k.  

@Brandon Turner What has stood out to me in the first half of your book so far, is your very accessible style of writing.