Hey John,I work with several different property managers, which I refer to for my clients (I'm an investor friendly agent over here).

Last thought (mainly for future readers), you may be talking about the 1 year FHA history if you have variable income.

@Pixel Rogue everyone has different future plans - many though haven't thought that far ahead!

If you do need the extra bed, then refurbishing the existing unit might be the best compromise.If you want to go a different route to have the review removed.

Most importantly, understand the difference between a business purpose and consumer purpose loan.Read my post in this thread, which details our process in actionable terms.

Don't split the work between multiple contractors if possible, finding one to do all or most of the work will keep prices down.Challenges were finding replacement pieces for certain items as manufactured homes were very different than stick built as well as going through state guidelines for affixing the house to the land

I mean by safest is on the volatility, for example STRs have many different factors, seasons of the year, local government regs and much more.

I had listed a 10-unit property in Cincinnati, OH, and found a buyer through an agent from a different office.

How long it takes to be financially ready is different for everyone.

Do you have a preferred type of property and price range you're looking for in general (knowing the costs can be different based on they market)?