I have also have saved almost $50K so far to take a start in this game and also my personal credit score is above 750.I'd like someone to guide me purchasing my first property and want to kickstart with a small property first.

You can have multiple conventional mortgages and have a great credit score as long as you don't pay late or get too close to the maximum debt to income ratio.

It was great to get our heads in the game, and got us to move quicker to get a house (since we were basically forced to get a pre-approved loan in order to tour houses...).

Both Richmond and Atlanta are booming cities with multiple known colleges hubbed in the center.

I could feasibly pursue multiple deals and if I find one in an area I’d like to live once I move back to the US, I would like the option of renting it out while still living abroad but being able to move in and refi to a better deal with an owner-occupier loan.   

@Brian Burke Your more of an honest man, than a salesman.It’s great that (IMO) the most trusted Syndicator/Operator on here is saying to diversify across other assets.Brian you are in it for the long game and that is why people trust you.

I don't think anyone has ever said anything about sheets, towels, Keurigs, wifi speed, tv stations, pack-n-plays, the games in the game room, the upgraded appliances, etc.

When you have won the game, it's time to stop playing."

If you're tax bill is $6-8k (minus the 1031 fees), surely you can make that up by taking multiple swings over a longer period of time.OR pursue some sort of owner occupied strategy with that cash if you can swing a live in flip or house hack.

In my case I was lucky that I still kept half of my portfolio, so didn’t get out of the RE game altogether.