If you are willing to live in urban areas you may want to talk to a local bank in your market and see if they have any incentives or grant loans for certain areas.  

Talk to your banker about your plan.

Unless you want to continue having negative cashflow, you pretty much have to raise rents.

Rates may still be high, but sometimes they’re more flexible with repayment options than a mortgage refi.Family Loan Structure: Since you have an existing interest-free loan from family, you could talk to them about restructuring or even adding onto it, if they’re open to it.

Looking forward to being part of this community.Best,Max Are you licensed and insured to manager property or are you talking about managing property for yourself?

Events like this give the opportunity to meet and talk to investors from all over the country, doing different kind of investing, and with a varied amount of experience.

Nevertheless, continue monitoring the cracks, and if things progress, consult a structural engineer.

If you can't even do one, then continue to save judiciously to get your "starter investment capital". 

The market has been incredibly robust the last few years and I don't see that changing anytime soon especially as mortgage rates continue to decrease.

You hired them to evict the tenant, so they should continue representing you until the tenant is out.