Lots of great info on here as well, and like they're saying the best thing to do is to find an experience broker / realtor who can help you navigate which neighborhoods to target and which ones to stay away from, as well helping you to build out your team for property managers, lenders, inspectors, contractors, ect.

Not all investors have the experience or team to do the deal on their own, they need/want guidance to build their confidence so moving forward one day they can do it on their own. 

To get the job you have to have job experience, which is a catch 22.

We closed and the Dundee property was listed for rent late August.105 days of vacancy, three rent reductions, and two PM teams later, I’m stuck with an unrented property that, once rented, will cash flow negative each month (and that’s excluding the cost of the 100+ days of vacancy).I later learned that the initial PM team I was paired with actually did not have any experience with RTR.

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Has anyone sold a short term rental owned over a year  as a non real estate professional that qualified as short term capital gains tax deductions with expenses and depreciation? Did the proceeds from the ...

This required no experience.

We understand the unique considerations for U.S. citizens residing abroad, especially when it comes to investment properties and DSCR loans.

It was a learning experience but I made it work in the end.Mine was a 5 unit commercial building that needed a gut renovation, similar to yours. 

If need help feel free to PM as I'm happy to share my experience.

If you have gross income of $3k but ongoing bills of $1800 we know it may cause a financial hardship so that reflects in our scoring system.Hope this helps, but in my experience an interview is:a.