Get your paperwork ready and get prequalified - start by having coversations with lenders and ASK ANY QUESTION you have (don't worry if you think it doesn't sound "smart") so that you get familiar with language terms and common questions they have.

As long as you’re careful and track them and pay them off : )  Would it be smart just to get a card that I barely spend on just to improve my credit? 

You can in fact use the rents to qualify to help get a higher purchase price approved.You are smart to be cautious because it will cost you money to start the mortgage process, pay for an appraisal, inspection etc.

It's a smart way to leverage your living expenses to build wealth and gain valuable experience in property management.

And that will happen.RE is also a game of patience - being smart and lucky will only go so far in an iffy market like this one.But there are still deals out there, you just have to find them.

Not until my portfolio snowball grew after first buying with smart leverage.

@Christina Rogers  smart move a real estate sales career you can do all your life.. most wholesalers shelf life is lucky to be 6 months... there simply is not enough inventory for everyone who takes these courses or thinks they want to be a wholesaler to go around.. your all competing against each other..

Suddenly that is $625 a month extra cost (across a 24 month hold) of saying "I did the smart thing and bought something."  

It’s refreshing to have a touch of it, like a nice framed map of the white mountains or framed photos of the area, but to overall have a fresh and clean and crisp look is a very smart choice.  

I try to be smart, I don't listen to others, I listen to data, evidence, the signs of the universe.My model I truly believe is the best thing to do!