Have enough properties/income to support my family and lifestyle for when I can retire from the military in 8 years.Again thank you for your time, there's much work to do and it's up to me to do it.Have a good one.

First thing taught to me! 

But, it smells fishy to me.

Sounds like a stupid *** law to me.

The real advantage to me with using cash or a Heloc is being able to buy the unfinancable or 'odd' property that doesn't fit Fannie criteria.However, there are lots of properties you can brrrr with a conventional loan. 

I have a co-worker who wants to move away from the area and is willing to sell his home to me.

Someone mentioned to me that Rudd's will do brand new doors for about $25 per cabinet. 

San Jose is thus not too expensive or too cheap relative to the Bay Area in general, or so it seems to me. 

So visiting is a waste of money to me. 

It seems like a recipe for disaster to me.