Your profile mentions that you are an agent with rentals.You would want to see if you are able to claim real estate professional status.If you are able to claim real estate professional status, you can potentially offset the rental losses with your real estate agent income.Furthermore, TN does not have a state income tax allowing you to be more open with your options.Best of luck

Have yet to see any of the posts mentioned, so they must have stopped years ago. 

They build on site.One thing you mention is construction costs. 

Hi Nick, as mentioned before if you put a greater deposit down, you could get a better rate as a result. 

Your second question is in line with what I mentioned above you need to test, test, and continue to test.

Think I was just tired when I posted that and after I posted I was thinking it was a waste of a post since it can’t be done anymore anyway.I think a good option was as Jay mentioned, to buy with cash and refinance later.  

If we are talking rental properties, then I completely agree with B, C, and D that he mentions.

However, as @Chad Hale mentioned, only if you can afford it - meaning both financially and mentally (e.g. how stable are both of your jobs, how long will it take you or your husband to find a replacement job, how much you have in reserves, and whether you guys are in a position to withstand that mental stress, etc.)When you mention 8k monthly, I am assuming that's net profit?

Your income is Sales priceLess Purchase PriceLess Costs to sell propertyLess renovations/repairs/holding costs.You mentioned having partners. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.