It took me another 12 or so years before I bought my first piece of investment real estate.  

Every single piece of content you see, hear, read from them is part of a long con/sales funnel. 

You might even be able to get this as a pre-cast piece of concrete.If it doesn't have a back porch light (under the awning), you might add one. 

@Jon S.Hehe, best of luck with weeklies.The single piece of advice I'll give you, don't let the money get to the tenants before it gets to you.  

But I do understand that if you take it in pieces, it is cheaper for you.

We agreed that I would write on a piece of paper that rent was paid in full and on time and I signed it.

I use both and make them wait to the last day for free money, but if you don't payoff the promotions as due, watch out, interest is charged from the day of purchase, so pay it off in full!

Investing in a good home warranty on the property is well worth the piece of mind.

Joshua,I would offer two pieces of advice the first would be to consider a cash out refinance over a HELOC.

There’s numbers on a piece of paper that put seller financing in a great light.And then there’s the reality of seller financing being a bet on the buyer managing and maintaining a property well for years or decades while you still have skin in the game.And a bet that the value doesn’t decline by more than the balance of the debt.And a bet that the higher “price” received because of seller financing doesn’t come with opportunity cost in the form of being able to spend or invest the liquidity day 1.And the fact that buyers with seller financing always want better terms than a bank would give them, which is real economics that sellers are far less equipped than banks to estimate risk/reward on.Seller financing is relatively rare.