Everyone, thank you for your responses and encouragement!

@Michael Muro Typically there are two types of coaches/mentors out there.1) will charge $5k - $50k for their services and will help show you the ropes, maybe provide you with some "proprietary" spreadsheets or software, and give you encouragement along the way.

This is a nice return and I am happy to share this news with fellow members as encouragement for others and as a thank you to @Joshdorkin and @Brandonturner for helping me out with all the info etc.

Period.Even Zillow encourages you to consult an appraiser.

I would encourage you to verify that any first time home buyer program you use will be available for an investment property and not just for owner occupied loans.

Thanks for the encouragement, let me know if there’s anything I can do to help out as we both jump into the RE sector 

And while I would never encourage anyone to overlook Birmingham, I have heard good things about Atlanta lately.

I would encourage you to come to the local REIA meeting.

I put this on my FB page, and it really encouraged a lot of people to really think about taking action in ways they hadn't thought of yet.This past January, Ashley Murphy and I got serious with the talks of her quitting her full time J.O.B.

I can definitely see how people can get discouraged or even over-encouraged in this industry.