Here’s the secret ....You have all your tenants on a month to month lease . when you show up and see Fido the super hero service dog . ..You tell the tenant to lose the mutt ...When they go on a tirade about how they We’re mistreated as a child  ..have ptsd and got a certificate for their “ service” dog ,I just hand them a no renewal paper telling them to be out in 30 days .they can go live with Fido under a bridge somewhere eating out of the same can of dog food as far as I’m concerned 

Do not concern yourself with this tenants feelings, they burned that bridge when they were late.

@BJ Gibbs -- it depends on what your purchase price was but you may be able to do a delayed financing under a bridge/hard money loan now and get some of your money back (probably 70% - 85% of the purchase price) and get your rehab funded for you.

Also search on Soft money, or Non-agency.Lima One,  Prime Bridge,  Finance America (try here first).   

As an example I was really leaning towards Bridge/Voepel but Voepel has some really bad reviews here that they didn’t even take the time to respond to.

The hard money lender is like a bridge to get to that long term and more favorable bank debt.

Today, my interest is to invest in multiplex buildings, I asked BP for a list of books on this subject and I am in the process of reading them as my first stepMy question is how do I build the bridge from my everyday job to being full time investor in real Estate?

Also looking for advice on finding a new place and what we would be able to do with bridge loans heloc ect to make it a smooth transition.

I know that DFW and Sherman bridge are some hard money lenders I've worked with in the past that are very easy to work with and pretty quick at getting funding. 

Sure, there are learning experiences, but those bridges ought to be crossed when you get to them.Since you're new with no experience, you should also spend some time learning the fundamentals of real estate valuation, assessing property so as to know the component parts of a property and perhaps some basics in rehabilitating homes.