Quote from @Argel Algura: Hey Bigger Pockets Community,A year ago I wrote about rebuilding and starting over in life and considering real estate investing as a path (see post here: "Bad credit, minimal cash and starting over in life . . .

House hacking seems like the best strategy for me.My goal is to purchase a single-family home in Maryland, D.C, (from lurking I've heard D.C was terrible for investing) or Virginia with multiple rooms where I'm making monthly payments similar to what I pay in rent and other charges ($2000-$2500).

It sounds like you had a terrible manager.

After I got an LLC set up, I was set up with a credit coach and he is helping me get my corporate credit set up.

At this point, I would recommend having a line of credit to cover these things so you don't have money sitting in the bank doing nothing when it could be put to work.I have 33 units, no debt except for mortgages, and excellent income.

She didnt, and two weeks after going under contract, we got a credit-monitoring notification that this mortgage had gone delinquent.

Like @Bruce Woodruff I prefer VRBO guests but I haven't had terrible luck with AirBNB guests.

For me, I am a little hesitant because I would be in a situation where I would be trying to secure traditional lending (which should be very feasible given credit scores & what $$ amount I am pre-approved up to from my banks), meaning that I assume I would be forced into using my first-time homebuyer loan incentives.

What local bank or credit Union (Navy possibly) do you recommend he goes with? 

Short term (12 months), low loan to value with borrowers who have strong credit and significant assets.