The name of the game in residential RE is to have stable recuring cash flows over long periods of time to provide cash flow and debt pay down. 

After going through all the replies to this post, it seems to be a recurring pattern that people start here to achieve financial independence only to learn that RE investing offers such a plethora of ways to make a living that can appeal to all types of personalities (introverted, extroverted, narcissistic, obsessive-compulsive *haha) and in the end they find they would prefer to continue down the RE path.I wouldn't say so much that people here on BP get 'stuck in the cycle' as much as people here on BP end up discovering something about RE that they are truly passionate about - it's a beautiful thing! 

I'd think it's only problematic if the vacancies are long and ongoing, or recurring at too high a rate.

As i'm looking for a lender, there seems to be a recurring pattern of confusion all around about the proper guidelines.

We had dozens of people want to view the property.Apartments.com makes recurring, online payments easy.

As i'm looking for a lender, there seems to be a recurring pattern of confusion all around about the proper guidelines.

No cash access or recurring payments.

Is that recurring?

My next goal is to have a rental property in next 2 years and I was wondering that should I pay off my PMI first with extra payments (estimated time 3 years )  or use those extra payments to save/ low-risk recurring investment to be used for a downpayment of a rental property ?

I then took the markets that were recurring most amongst those searches and put them in a spreadsheet.