I know that this means to drop the excuses of how you can't or aren't able to reach your goal, to commit to an actionable plan, to understand your intrinsic and extrinsic reasons why, and to focus on following through on the objective- even though it will be uncomfortable. 

There are also private individuals who routinely lend money to captive finance companies to make these loans.Be careful with rent-to-own.

This is usually the case, I feel uncomfortable talking to strangers on the phone.

It might be uncomfortable, but you will be able to focus your skills and time on the new place better if you are on premises 100% of the time vs letting it be the one you manage from afar.You can fly home every once in a while or use iPhone FaceTime to stay close to loved ones from your base of operations.Good Luck!

Account ClosedDoes your $200-400 per month include holding back money for capital improvements, routine maintenance, and vacancy?

I've spoken to a lot of groups of active investors and I routinely ask the crowds who in the room has done a private loan, and about 20 to 30% of crowd raises their hands.

If I feel uncomfortable about renting to him then I will deny.

For a very reasonable price, they automated rent collection and handled routine maintenance requests.

If this makes you uncomfortable, consider hiring a property manager because there will be many critical conversations that will arise when managing properties.

Some were routinely making less than 50 dials (not connects) per week.I cleaned house and started over.That said, there are other expenses.