I’ve seen firsthand how the right professionals can help you avoid common pitfalls and speed up your learning curve.Happy to connect and share insights, as a local lender, where I can.

Would you rather set it and forget it and not need to refi again or rather take advantage of low/no closing costs on this loan and plan to be more aggressive on your rate at the time of your refi?

Did you end up using First Savings? 

If you are really comfortable with the deal flow, the best way would obviously be to keep flipping / scaling up while gaining equity each time but its a lot harder as you never really know when the next deal may come. 

Hit me up!

Rents are also going up 10%+ yoy there right now. 

Quote from @Lee Banks: Hi my name is Lee I'm looking too buy my first rental property and but I feel as if I need a mentor to watch, I still need to learn the basics of real-estate does anyone in New York do programs or mentorships and where would you start if you first started real-estate today  Hello Lee,I'd recommend looking up local meetups here on BP, meetup.com and, eventbrite.You can also call around to speak with RE investors and professionals in your target market to begin making connections.With so much available information online, I'd recommend speaking to a few people and doing independent research before committing to mentorships.

. - just the inconvenienced existence of fixing up one project at a time.

Some people are growth-minded, which means they are willing to help for a low cost, or not much compensation knowing that the more conversations they have will lead to more clients.

You didn't mention the higher Florida insurance costs.