It depends on the rental income, what you plan on putting down (20-25% is typical, 15% or 25% is required for conventional depending on # of units) For your owner occupied deal, you should be able to use a portion of the rental income to qualify and help offset your DTI a bit. 

All depending on perspective.I would take it with a big grain of salt, I think Opendoor is trying to drum up interest, given how many properties, they and other institutional buyers, are having on the market (e.g.

This completely depends on what you are looking for.

Depending on the flooring specs you *might* be out of luck because a lot of LVP/laminate type flooring specifies on the install that straight runs will be no longer than X number of feet and room changes will be installed with a transition.

I think it would give it a little bump in value but it all depends on the buyer.

Your VA loan will be crucial to your real estate investing growth, especially since it affords you the potential opportunity to own more than one property, depending on your overall allotment.For active military personnel, that conundrum of where to invest and where you will end up is always part of the issue that sometimes causes analysis paralysis so it's great you have one in VA Beach already.

It really depends on whether you prefer the hustle of managing STRs or the steadier income from LTRs.My TakeIf you’re drawn to the energy of the STR market and love the idea of working where people vacation, Florida might be the way to go.

These %percentages are market dependant.  

Jenna, Findlay can be a fantastic spot for buy and hold investors.. especially if you’re after dependable cash flow in a smaller market.

Depends!