If the deal is good enough and you are confident about the profit potential, you can always use credit cards as a short term cash source as well.I'm also relatively new to this, but have recently jumped into the game.

Things to consider are self management, travel distance, property taxes, insurance, resource availability. 

I'm particularly passionate about investing in the downtown Albany area.Outside of real estate, I enjoy traveling and just returned home from being abroad for 5 months.Excited to learn and connect with you all!

My realtor seemed a little miffed, but I have 17 days to get the appraisal done before closing and my MLO is confident we can get it done in time

If you're serious & confident you can lease your properties up in time, you may want to consider putting significant rent money and EMD up front.Feel free to shoot me a pm or give me a buzz at contact info in bio - always down for a chat!

It may be time-consuming, but if you do your research and confirm there are no challenges, you can proceed confidently.

It's not just for travel nurses.

Any travel nurse is a brother or sister in my field, so my plan is to make sure their housing is everything they could imagine in comfort and necessity be met.  

We will be absentee investor/owners but of course will travel to the markets when necessary. 2) We are particularly interested in C-grade homes/condos located in B-grade neighbourhoods. 

I HAVE considered STRs as well as Med-Term rentals (travelling pros) and am not opposed to them, but it's an area of real estate I know far less about.