My first rental took a few months but it was really bad timing in the winter & in spring I had endless families/couples to choose from and it eventually worked out.

There are endless companies that can get you 3.75% on a rental loan. 3.)

But then you'd be in an endless cycle of loans and continuously paying interest.  

I almost broke my thumb with the endless scrolling to get to the bottom of that novel as brevity is seemingly a lost art.

we've bought and sold several houses with cash and conventional mortgages but we've never done a cash out refi. we really like coming to the table with a cash offer but we're starting to think about expanding our portfolio in a new market and as it turns out, our cash is not endless :(  so right now our thought is to buy 1 or 2 properties with cash just to get the ball rolling and then refi to get some back for down payments on a few more.  

I’ve been researching, reading and listening to endless podcasts for well over a year now and now that I’ve actually began the process is the first time I’m learning about this issue.Thanks for your input, I appreciate it! 

I'd recommend a dual approach, high level macro data to guide your state/city search, but the numbers on a particular deal matter more than endlessly scrutinizing neighborhoods, in DFW, Garland is a great rental market. but buying a house for $210k will be worse than getting the same house for $175k.

You may think your credit is bad but the VA loan will give you some leeway when it comes to what your approval odds are.I would fursure house hack utilizing the VA loan, my wife and I utilized hers for a two unit and we are coming up on our year mark in April and are currently closing on a 4 unit with 4 acres, we will be subdividing the lot and utilizing the land to build a 4 unit with my VA loan.So the possibilities are endless man, don't sell yourself short.

But it's a endless road when no one show's you how to generate leads or how to locate the property owners name/phone number after one has spend time and money driving for dollars.

I know absolutely nothing of making ice-cream, I wouldn't ever speak to such, but your ilk, since you've eaten ice cream, you'd go on endlessly how much you know of such....