Focus on paying off the CC and car loan (both sources of bad debt), and eliminating bad money habits - this is absolutely fundamental to long term financial success.

@Patrick Murphy, A REIT is not eligible for 1031 treatment because when you buy a REIT you are buying a security and not the underlying real asset. 

It's just a fundamentally different business model. 

You are eligible for 100% LTV financing though which is awesome!

I think there's a fundamental problem with that pay-per-lead approach for us the consumers, I want a contractor that's good and can be recommend by previous customers, not a contractor that spends the most dollars to show up first place on my screen.

The main goal is to live cheap or free so you can save up to build a portfolio.If you are military or former military and are eligible for a VA Loan I would get a hold of a mortgage broker in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and ask them to help.Let me know if you need anything and good luck on finding a good house hack!

As a novice in this market segment, I have ZERO issues with partnering with a more experienced investor, and giving up a sizable portion of the deal in order to acquire it, and then refinancing them out once I am eligible to do so with the property in our possession.

In other words the law is that if a roof repair/replacement is required in order to go solar then the roof required is eligible for the 30% tax credit along with the solar system.

I recently purchased a property at MontCo tax sale and have since learned that the property is not eligible for title insurance for at least 12 months after deed transfer. 

Worth still has the strongest multifamily fundamentals across the nation (#1 by far in job growth) and remains very strong in the B/C space.