For LTRs, prioritize markets with population growth and strong job markets.Wherever you choose, work with an investor-friendly agent who knows the local market and can help you analyze deals.

We fee like a conservative approach will let us go through the growing pains of better understanding real estate investing without the worry of being over leveraged to add to the stress while we are both still employed full time in our careers and do not plan on quitting our jobs to go fully into real estate. 

To make the job flow easier, but also (mainly) to protect myself if a customer changed their mind later ( which was common).

The macroeconomics here is booming - the tech sector growth keeps the population and job market growing and rental demand strong.

I have also purchased using Real Wealth Network, and they do a much better job of vetting the local markets and providers and will stop recommending any providers or vendors if investors are giving poor feedback. 

I quit my job 2022, live off rental income and we house hack a large 3 level house with rents totally covering mortgage.She has excellent credit and six figure yearly income.

I am currently using batchdialer for my VA which seems to be pretty good (a little confusing at first) but gets the job done.

"Cross selling" is _________________:a) When you go to your sales job wearing clothes more typically worn by the opposite gender.b) Just like it sounds: literally selling crucifixes. c) A strategy wherein a business strives to encourage existing customers to purchase adjacent products complementary to an item that the customer has already bought in a prior transaction, or is currently on the verge of purchasing.d) All of the above.

With no RE background and a full time job I was still able to create the right entity I needed, develop a powerful tax strategy, found a partner to invest with, and about to close on a rehab where we will both make $25k+.

Visa and FinancingYou're correct that securing a mortgage might be challenging without legal status or a W2 job.