Getting a lease option now could serve the dual purpose of providing you time to graduate and  subsequently qualify and allowing you to see which direction the market goes prior to committing to the purchase.

I have a unit in Augusta Ga with pink and blue tile and a pink cast iron tub.

They will still be entitled to do inspections though, and may still ask for repairs, credits or reductions in price because the results of their inspections will be slightly different than yours, especially if there is a large gap in the quality of inspectors and the thoroughness of the inspection.You could always counter the offer you receive and state that this is an as-is sale, and all inspections of the property will be solely for the purpose of the buyer's knowledge and the seller will do no repairs to the property or make any reductions in purchase price.

It is solely for investing purposes.

Bookkeeping has become tedious lately and this is a first step in the right direction.I would imagine a great card for this purpose wouldn't also be a great travel card?

My ultimate goal is to develop massive condominiums or apartment complexes for profit and investment purposes.

The purpose of our trip is to get to know the PR real estate market and identify properties to acquire.

For example purposes, let's say all of that comes out to $25k, that nets the investor $75k... paying you 10% would net you $7.5k.Obviously, there are more intricacies to the two methods above than what I've given as an example, and I'm sure it isn't as cut-and-dry, but the point is what you've mentioned, and that is why not do a wholesale partnership?

"It's ironic, because of course the whole point in our real estate ventures is to enable me to be more present for our children.

So the original cast iron waste line was resting its weight on the replaced PVC section, which is a big NO NO.