Take calculated moves forward and your efforts will compound!

Avoid PMI and then go to a local credit union and get a heloc after closing to gift the money back.Have this as a tool in your tool belt but pursue use of the 3.5% FHA, knowing that you will be at a competitive disadvantage if you are competing with non FHA buyers, then you can call in the favor from your gift person.Just know that if someone gifts you down payment money, your bank will require them to sign a letter stating that it is in fact a gift that doesn’t need to be paid back.

Why should they wait to get a new tenant till the current tenants move out. 

Neighborhoods change and your right, tenants with Section 8 prefer the newer, nicer properties or to move out the the city into the surrounding counties.  

It would be our second up down house hack, however, with interest rates in the high 6's, it would probably not cash flow after moving out.

Meanwhile, the seasoned pros move fast—because they understand that in real estate, certainty beats perfection.What catches most rookies off guard?

Investors move quicker than banks.

This just covers the basics: how many people, do they have pets, what is their timeline for moving?

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

Our plan is to use the "Sneaky tactic" and for the next few years, the plan is to buy a house that needs a little TLC, fix it up as we live in it and move on to buy another house until were tired of doing it or reach a decent income.