Maybe you can do both to produce multiple income streams?

Any lender with multiple outlets will be able to help you.  

You chose a property manager without shopping around and comparing multiple professionals in the market.

When mortgage rates dropped earlier this month, we received a significant amount of showing requests on our listed homes, which ultimately led to multiple offers.How will Buyers react if the Fed rate drops in 2024?

Mortgages allow you to scale and buy multiple rentals, but it is causing you stress, then I'd start by paying down the mortgage on your own home first as it has the highest interest rate.As for not being able to pay them off quickly if needed, all you have to do is sell the property.Don't feel guilty over what you make. 

There’s been a net outflow from Stockton to Sacramento, making it a more attractive destination for many looking to stay in Northern California but still find value​.

Only tenants pay rent.When we started out in 2005, we identified multiple subdivisions where the average tenant stay exceeded five years.

I am new to investing and after a few deals that had multiple other offers that I didn't win out; I did execute a purchase agreement last weekend but doing more analysis on the property and potential rates being 7.5%, appears to be very tight to limited cash flow.

I always looked for properties that were in areas about to 'gentrify'......that combined with a little renovating is an awesome way to get a multiple equity boost....This is a literal no-brainer to me......as long as the area is not going to go downhill....

Replacing multiple furnaces, water pipes breaking, noisy tenant I had to evict, etc etc.