If you flip again make sure a legit company does it to help ease future buyers

Yes, to the first part, income today and building long-term wealth in the future. 

They can also handle all the paperwork and help with any legal stuff you might need to know.One thing that can help you and your tenants in the future is making sure your renters get renter’s insurance.

I cannot buy a future problem instead of a carrot in front of me.

In the future i can also build more since it is zoned up to 5 homes and allows for manufactured homes. 

Hopefully the market keeps creeping up in your favor which helps a future appraisal. 

To adjust your tenant screening criteria without any fair housing issues, it’s best to apply the new credit score requirement consistently from now on, treating all future applicants the same way.

If I make a lump sum payment of $10,000 towards the principal, the future monthly payments of $5000 should go a lot more towards the principal since there is less total balance to calculate the interest. 

We do not want to troll people so since it seems like there has been a lot of discourse and viewpoints expressed so we will be closing this thread but will leave it visible for the community to see for future reference. 

I think I’ll avoid vinyl planks on a crawlspace in the future.