Before you decide to pull the trigger with any Bank/Lender make sure the they are well versed in DSCR guide lines and close more than a couple a month. 

Pick one, but pull the trigger.

Local investor meetups are also a great place to find a mentor and just talk to other investors in your market.It can be pretty scary buying your first deal, but at some point you need to pull the trigger if investing is truly what you want to do.

This would be VA loan with 0% down so I might try to pull the trigger here on it soon.

Pull the trigger and learn as you go. 

Its persistence, jumping on the research and numbers fast, and being ready to pull the trigger when everything looks good.

HI Jewell,If you were to use FHA again, this could trigger the FHA 100 mile rule + 1.75% upfront fee, however with a few exemptions Indeed FHA allows you to put 3.5% down payment to invest in 1-4 units.

For Q1, I want to get out of analysis paralysis, pick a market and pull the trigger on my first STR. 

So I am hoping to pull the trigger on a fix and flip in the coming month or two so I can finally go from 0-1!

I think that trend will be  nationwide, but I expect the rest of coastal florida(outside of primo Miami) to get a harsh correction. some cities (miami,san diego) created their own market that's hard to compare to other market because of the immigration pattern and status.