Playing music is a lot more fun when you don't need to rely on it to pay the bills...

You shouldn't need to pay anywhere near 9% interest, but you will need to play on at lease $170K down.

I have found that I can make cabinets look new by sanding and painting the boxes and ordering doors online.

Look for the "truth in renting guide" online.

It's not until legislative restrictions and practical limits come into play that we realize some things are just plain next to impossible to do.

The important factor in how much you can finance, aside from if you only have a certain amount of cash to play with, is leveraging gives you a higher cash-on-cash return.

If the numbers don't play in your favor, walk!

Your realtor can see online what they are doing with the property.

In my area of Texas I can pull up pretty everything I need online.

She should always do a money order or check so she has a receipt in case it gets lost.And I also recommended that she wrap the check/money order too just in case.I did sign up for one of those online rent payment services.