After 6 months of non-payment, we were able to perform an eviction for this tenant.

Just some things to think about.

Since graduating in 2021, I moved to Washington, DC to pursue a civil engineering career and am now feeling like I am in more of a position to start learning and pursuing real estate investing seriously.

However, if I don’t secure an eviction order within the next two months, I’ll send him your message.

It's a competitive market and most of the people that get in trouble here are ones that buy blindly without actually figuring out the numbers, etc.You'd be surprised the number of times I get asked after month one if their electric bill of $xxx or whatever is normal, and the thought running through my head is "how did you not  check things like that before you committed half a million dollars to something?"

I’d be careful with outbound AI cold calling due to regulations.

My advice is to keep trying because all it took was to find the right smaller bank willing to take a chance on me. 

Is it better to sell, pay off mortgage and capital gains and take the cash to invest in another property or is it better to refi/ETO and take the cash to invest in another property?

Hey Shawn, I'd love to connect.

Its a great way to get yourself into the RE investing game.