Almost everyone here on BP will tell you that they wish they had started earlier, myself included.4.

Wishing you all success.

Depends on the terms of your loan...in my case I had to live there as my primary for ar least 12 months...I met the requirement so I'm now free to use the property as I wish.

So my thoughts with this is use with extreme caution. .but I fear your going to have a bunch of WEst coast folks jump into this and if they have a bad run on tenant they will wish they never bought these . 

by the way nothing you indicated in your calculator except for potentially anything to support portfolio calculations is not in the BP calculator. best wishes.  

I wish I could give you a quick, go-to answer, but I wouldn't feel right without finding out your risk tolerance and know a little more on what you would feel comfortable with.

I did end up doing a queen and a full and I really wish I had done two queens.

Wishing you were in FL 

What are the major and minor things those of you who have done this either looked for, or wish you looked for?

Wish you all the best with your learning and investing!