Come up with a plan regarding how to get started with goals and deadlines associated and then start working toward them. 

If you have more space - naturally share it - but sounds like it is tight.

Even as a flip its tight so watch that rehab budget.

After the Fed announcing today that they have raised the interest rate by a quarter point today and saying they will keep raising rates with the next proposed hike coming in December and three more next year borrowing money will continue to get more expensive.With an already tight market in almost all areas this will make deals harder to come by.

When we have a hot job that needs to be done we'll do a hard money job (Lump Sum) and we're willing to pay the contractors a little more than normal but we have tighter deadlines. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/common-types-of-construction-contracts-844483   Hope this helps! 

, can’t put too much cash down, looking for something that needs work done that we can slowly finance via our current home’s rental (hoping to get $2000+/month) without any pressure or deadlines.

The financing period includes appraisal, title search (which can take 2 weeks), property survey if there isn't a recent one and the time needed to underwrite the loan and get clear to close. 30 days would be really tight, normally 45 for conventional loan.

Honestly it is a pretty thankless job with tight margins which is why it is hard to find good ones.

Even 800 sf for a 2 bed a very tight.

Our fingers are tightly crossed, and I'm grateful to have found such a community to bounce things off of!