Take action (you should NEVER feel perfectly ready or you've waited too long)My other piece of advice would be to put together your crystal clear criteria aka buy box! 

The puzzle pieces fall into place. 

The piece of furniture you see on the right is a Murphy bed cabinet (with an oddly super comfortable memory foam mattress).

I can tell you Rentredi is a huge time waste between issues with the apps and lack of service. big thumbs down and im honestly surprised they are promoted on here. 

Most likely self promotion or advertising. 

Most of these syndication, are typically promoting "the STR market" rather than their actual track record.The moment I clicked "View more details" of their holding , I can see their future booking.My respond was ............ nahhhh, my STR is performing way better for them.You could forecast their revenue by checking future booking.

I can offer a few recommendations: 1) get an inspection while under contract to make sure you don't miss anything and do thorough due diligence in general (I wrote a long piece a while back that might help: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/due-diligence-ultimate-gu...2) Read J.

BUT you can skip the income piece, as "qualifying" will be based on rents received, not your personal income.

Check out your local banks/credit unions to see what promotions they run.

Local and regional banks will loan on about any piece of real estate if the numbers are solid and you have a solid downpayment.