I will have a chance to exercise my creative deal-making muscles early that will hopefully serve me well in the future.  

I am not looking for quick cash, I am looking for long-term investments that will give me and my wife (and perhaps children one day) a very comfortable and relaxed future.

Because of the way I am at work (I pushed myself perhaps too hard), I'm going to talk to my doctor Monday and see if I can get some extra time off from work to let my leg (and the muscles) heal more from surgery.

I was sitting in the house , relaxing and someone is pounding on my door .

These lenders may have more relaxed requirements regarding the ownership structure (LLC vs. personal names).Seller Financing: If the seller is motivated or willing, you could negotiate seller financing where the seller acts as the lender.

We also wouldn't have been able to relax early if we were in the hospitality business bnb-ing or midterm renting it out.

I've been looking at a few other locations 3-4 hours outside of Dallas that have more relaxed or set-in-place regulations.

It conveys to the guest that you are a relaxing getaway.

You are definitely making this way too complicated...just relax and start over.

The goal evolved to 3x monthly expenses, so a gap of 2x above what we need.People get caught up on some $x cf/mo but relaxing early is all about a mutiple of the gap above what you need.