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Hi Gabriel, glad to connect.  

It sounds like you've gotten some solid direction above, but a few flags stood out to me in the above discussions and I wanted to point them out to help make your decision.- You mentioned this sale is tax free 121 exclusion, which is great, and seems like a solid start to your goal.- The townhouse you're moving into is currently a rental, but you plan to live there two years for the 121 exclusion.

So many times investors start with a Realtr who just wants to make a sale and they have no idea about the rental market.

@Bryce MillerWelcome, and congratulations on making the decision to leverage the owner occupied loan to get started in real estate investing.

Please review the entire build contract to make sure you understand each section.

😊 Goals give us two things: direction on where we want to go, and the motivation to get us there.Imagine your ideal existence.

You have to do the research on the property itself to make sure it makes sense and is a good investment strategy first.

Make sure you budget for the negative year.

I'd say the skills that matter most is whatever skills are required to make it happen.