I was kind of thinking to use this 5k to invest in our first house hack SFH  that needs some work (get a max up to say 75k max which would give us about 5% down or 10% if we could get a 50k house) and borrow the rest through either FHA or an 80-10-10 loan depending on the price of the house. 

she listed on her lease agreement she had one small service dog,  which was OK with me until I went to the house and realized she had two dogs, untrained, so I am sure none are service animals.

I don't love Oceanside but it will ebb and slow with the rest of San Diego. 

You've traded 'asset protection' for limited financing options.If you don't care about getting spam e-mail the rest of your life, try lending tree or quicken/rocket mortgage maybe just to see.

I have no clue as to how good it is or is not or how much it may cost.although I have been around a lot of different HOW TO guys over the years.. and like anything.. if he sells 100 people on the big dog program 10 or so will take it and run.. 10 or so will muddle the rest will just kind of fade away.you have to look within and see if you are in a position to succeed in real estate... its not as easy as just taking a course and your now going to succeed... real estate generally speaking takes time,, money and some how gain experience. so for sure those that have limited investing capital limited experience.. no real contacts in the industry.. will find it pretty tough to almost no way anything will happen other than get jacked up at the event.Assess were your at personally.. 

From this you would deduct your allowable operating costs (legal, administrative, servicing, etc) and the remainder would be your net income.

We're a high volume, high quality, low price rehab only company that services REI exclusively.

You are essentially stuck until you reach retirement age or separate from service.

My new  tenants upstairs apparently brought in a "portable washer" which has leaked into the downstairs unit - destroying the tenant's bed and TBD on the rest of the damage.

So if a part of the lease is unenforceable the rest still is.