If you've educated yourself and the numbers make sense, pull the trigger before someone beats you to the deal.  

If you do pull the trigger, I would float the rate until closing and keep a pulse on the 10yr note.

At this point I’m in disbelief thinking I might actually pull this off, until the bank called.

To fund their bets, they pulled money from bank accounts or sales of vested Meta stock.

Personally I like to be able to pull up to my properties and check on them.

If you are looking in Charlotte, that is going to be a tough one to pull off.

Additionally, you can do a cost segregation of the property and take bonus depreciation creating additional tax savings.Beyond short term rentals, I think buying a triplex or property every two years as a primary residence and then renting out the unit you lived in and repeating this every two years is one of the best ways to accumulate a portfolio of properties with little down with property tax savings while you live in the property.Then, it will be surprising how quickly the equity builds up as other people pay for your asset that you then can pull equity out and buy a larger apartment building after you have learned about property management from owning the smaller rental properties.To Your Success!

If I worked a true full time+ job where I couldn't pull my phone out or take a call whenever I please then I would gladly farm it out, but since I usually can I will gladly pay myself $60-100/hour to self manage from a smart phone. 

For our commercial properties, we have one LLC that does nothing but own the property and another LLC that does nothing but manage the property.True anonymity is very difficult to pull off. 

Then plug that address into the platform/software you use to pull up additional comps for similar properties.Realtor.com and redfin have a ton of free data as well.