Lee-I'm with you Jack, that sounds great!

@Michael Lee well I'm glad you were able to overcome that!

Thanks Lee.  

@Ryan Mullin @Shawn Holsapple @Lee Smith @Stephen Barton Jaren Barnes Thanks, Brett

Hey Kevin Lee congrats on the purchase!

That is a great goal to accomplish.I am a REALTOR in Southwest Florida in lee and collier counties (cape coral, fort myers, estero, bonita springs, naples). 

At our courthouse (Lee County, AL) there are cubicles available to the public where you can look up any property and see what mortgage or liens are on them.  

I am a REALTOR over in Lee and Collier counties (fort myers, cape coral, bonita springs, estero, naples). 

@Eugene Lee  those rules were spawned out of the Great GFC... not germane to todays markets in most areas.you can though still buy in areas were there is more housing than people to use the housing and find those rules apply and even more.. those are what we call cash flow markets that's all they are all they will ever be ( in most likelihood) so if your going to invest there only reason to do it is to hit those 2% or better metricswhere we reside on the West coast we generally look for break even and make our big bucks on having our tenants pay down our debts and of course appreciation... you have most folks that live in the non appreciating markets and their mantra is  ( cash flow cash flow appreciation is only luck its not investing  LOL)  and you have those that have gotten stupid wealthy buying west coast assets that double or tripled in value in a 10 year time frame.. take your pick..

Thx for the welcome message and words of encouragement @Karen Margrave@Michael Lee@Mark NolanI am working on reading the BP books and I am listening to the podcasts in my car.