I tend to stay in my lending and financing lane lol Hi ClaytonMany thanks for the kind offer, Since this is a rental property, my living home insurance(which is way less even though my living home is value about twice the rental property) does not cover landlord insurance. 

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.  

You'll need a contact who lives in Philadelphia for a rental license now to put down their contact info for the city.

They provide everything the larger platforms do—and honestly, they have some extra options that others lack.

I'm hoping to do an FHA 203(k) within the first half of this year and eventually rent it out after living in it for about 2 years.

This is where you live in one side.

@Hugh Horner I live in the village of Catskill.

South Carolina (where I live) is a great state for many things but not rental real estate.  

Hopefully you already worked this out.Aside from HML, there's also an option to do a live-in-flip, where you live in the house for a year and renovate it slowly.

I am a district manager with a company called Build 2 rent, and i live in Cape Coral.