QUESTION:  Are you now mature enough to not get back into the consumer debt?

The difference is a few hundred bucks in fees every three years. 

We all like to think we can buck that statistic, but very very very few do.I find that agents and lenders typically opt for ARMs, because we accept the fact we are not holding the mortgage long enough. 

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Maybe go to HD or Lowes and spend about 100-200 bucks on some Oak and do it easy.

And yes, the winner at the mortgage foreclosure auction is the new owner and unfortunately you have lost whatever money you paid for the property.It is Always best to sit down with a real estate attorney for a few hundred bucks before entering the auction foreclosure game to learn about the traps, such as this.

You will save on rent and maybe even be making a couple of hundred bucks each month. 

Fresh paint in a light neutral color and the place being super clean & not having an Odor (maybe put in air fresheners) & taking nice bright clean photos for the rental listing is the biggest bang for your buck in my opinion.

If you don't want to spend the a couple of hundred bucks to talk to an attorney then you are not serious enough to be in this business. 

I would avoid that as usually it never works out because everybody thinks they know everything, I would just do-it-yourself and then hire some kind of helper guy for like 80 bucks a day.