Consume all the content you can peter networking with people is so important.

More practically, I suggest burnishing your credit until it sparkles, paying off high-interest consumer debt(if you have any,) reading and listening to podcasts(and definitely avoiding the high-priced 'guru' classes,) and saving up for a downpayment.

Your entire life will be consumed with this from jump street.

The credit card providers employ thousands of analysts who graduated from top universities to pore over data in order to draft offers that they are statistically certain will get consumers into trouble.

Are you saying pay off your consumer debt with the 25K or pay off the mortgage? 

However, this is one reason many investors opt for secondary and tertiary markets for cash flow investments - you don't get the massive appreciation, but you also don't get the huge falls - and rental demand typically stay solid or even increases in a downturn. 

We buy a lot at the sheriffs sale and it can be super risky and time consuming if you dont know what you are doing.

thanks you for sharing your views , I opted for a higher liability 1M .. because building is a pre 1930 building there is a surcharge The quote was from Foremost insurance , which supposed to be one of the more economical insurer

So if I am deciding between 2 places that have similar numbers after I move out but one will enable me to get paid to live there compared to another that might have lower than market rents in the other unit while I live there, I will opt for the former. 

There may be loan options, but I encourage her to buckle down and pay off organically.I got out of consumer debt using Dave Ramsey's FPUmans free podcast.