Not to find deals on the MLS but to potentially use the MLS as a tool to sell your deals.

Just a follow up question, were you utilizing debt to invest, I have always been taught since a young age to try and not utilize debt (I come from a family of stock market investors, traditional business owners) where debt is not utilized as frequently which I obviously understand debt can be a very powerful tool and utilized in a great way its just something I want to avoid with my investments to an extent any suggestions for investing without debt or as little as possible. 

I think its useful income tool, but not significant.

Do you have some tool for determining the median credit score for a given neighborhood?

My husband was able to consolidate and re-finance the debt after we executed the deal but this was only possible because we bought a VERY modest property of 70k as a learning tool to really see what buying a home in CR would be like. 

Are there any tools or strategies you swear by?

There are many loan programs to help out first time homebuyers so don't feel as if this is too ambitious when there are tools to help you out, like use here on the Forum!

Airdna is a good resource and tool, but I wouldn't rely solely on that platform for data.

Use tools like AirDNA or Mashvisor to provide market data on projected rental income and occupancy rates, and make sure your lender works with appraisers familiar with short-term rentals.

That's exactly why we're rolling out our new Tax Pro and Financial Pro tool this March.