I haven’t actually hired his firm yet, but he has done some really impressive preliminary work.  

thanks @James Martin  from some other threads, I was under the impression that with NSC, Flood Insurance and regular coverage, the monthly bill would run $300-400 per month! 

It's a contender for me.In all my recent searches I'm impressed with the amount of A.I. or higher level of intelligence is built into systems now. 

You must never give the impression that you have a very happy marriage or a very troubled one. 

My initial impression is that it is risky for a first time investment.

The EMD also counts as a first impression and you never get a second chance to make a first impression.   

I’m adding the info I get from Bigger Pockets to create a vector of which direction we will go.

If you choose to impress friends and other investors you ignore the fact that your own cash is generating the income rather than the property.

Someone was advising us that we should start and LLC but I am under the impression that anything bought through an LLC would exclude us from conventional financing and push us into the commercial loan zone.

Good job on saving up those funds, very impressive.