It's just the extra $1,100 payment, which we could afford, that gives me pause. 

The major thing giving me pause is that there are not many STRs in my town, but the few that are here have caused a stir among some residents who are calling for new regulations to be adopted.

The one thing that could make me pause is if you have a super low interest rate on the home then I might try and keep the home and go house hack a 2-4 unit in FL if I'm not mistaken you could use the VA loan again. 

We found as much information about the owners as we could, but had to put a pause on our new hobby for a few months for the joys, pains, and expenses of life.

Havn't fully set it up or explored it yet, and would love to discuss a time to talk.Still open to options, just wanted to get some experience before having to pay for one.I started to read through the online payment options, and paused when I came across that "wave can run credit reports whenever they want" - does this effect my credit score, like hard inquiry?

What is giving me pause is that as part of the town's effort to revitalize, a major mixed-use development is being built directly across the street from this particular property.

If I'm in your shoes, and you're looking to spend your saved up money, I would pause for a moment and ask why you're wanting to get into REI and start from there.

Then covid hit and everything kinda paused.

In early 2020 I decided to put a pause on continuing to look for single family rentals and began to ask myself, "is the single family space for me?"

Need to hit the pause button here.