My plan was to open an account with the bank in the next week, and perhaps approach them after the 3-6 month mark (seasoning period) and talk to them about refinancing into a long-term loan.  

Welcome to BP, @Mark Sewell, and congrats on taking action.

Hello Everyone,My name is Mark Horn, I am committed to achieving financial freedom in the next decade, through rental income and real estate investment. 

Congratulations @Mark Hove. 

mark i think it will tell you that.

question mark right next to the work Market Temp...Just means that it's a seller's market.Is it time to buy or sell?

Originally posted by @Mark DeLorenzo:I'm looking at a local property here in PA that has 2 SFH's on 1 deed, unfortunately its over my cash purchase budget but it is one of the better deals I have seen in the last few months of looking around and could cashflow in the $600-700 range a month with both homes rented at a conservative amount of $1200 each. 

@Mark Anderson I am currently looking into buying a rental property.

At about the 2.5 year mark, they divorced, switched partners, and the payments that were coming to me via EFT from his Air Force paycheck, came late from her and with excuses for about 2 years, until I made it a big issue for her to get it set up on EFT again.Long Story Short: She never allowed me to come visit them at the house or to check on it. 

@Mark W CarpenterI have not found a platform that exists.