Here's the breakdown:Financing: We used a seller carry deal with 25% down ($100k), a 30-year term (balloon in 10 years), and a 4.68% interest rate.

Hello,I am a Software Engineer and a Real Estate Investor working on a tech product for the real estate mortgage brokers.

As an investor - if I was putting $125k down I would want title in my name and a clear title policy - so that is where I would have the issue. 

It's like playing the couponing game and a store gives you money at the check out.

But it would be nice to have access to the software and a place to basically wholesale the ones you don't want for yourself.

An owner had their property with one management company and transferred the property over to my company with a tenant already in place and a lease with the old management company.

My 2 cents: You're young, you could get a real estate or real estate adjacent 9-5 so you can get paid to to learn more about real estate while learning and building the side hustle outside of business hours.Seems like you live in a major US market so that's a plus, you could get a tenant services coordinator job in commercial real estate making $40-60k (not sure if that's more or less than what you are making now) It's an Entry level role, anyone with a degree and a polished resume and a passion for real estate should have a decent shot at landing a job like this.

I'm happy to share my experience as both a flipper and a lender.

The fear of renting while out of town is common, but it's easy to overcome, especially when you have friends and a handyman.

If you can get the first month, last month, and a deposit, even better.