I am still working full time and can let my full rental income take care of debt since my wife and I make good incomes ourselves.  

You can try MyInvestorLoan.com, they usually don’t care if a property has a seller carry portion of financing in 2nd position. 

Scaling your real estate investments requires careful planning and a strong foundation.

And of course, most homes have HOA's (homeowners associations) that can be $20-$250/month to pay for community maintenance, sometimes lawn care, cable/internet, amenity upkeep, pool, security etc. 

When the time comes to evict our first tenant, I will hire the best lawyer and let the expert take care of it.

Once down payment savings reaches ~$60k use $40k-$50k as a 20% down payment on a conventional sfr, and use recouped primary residence closing costs for the sfr closing costs, remaining $10k-$20k goes into the sfr reserves12.

Conventional lender asked us to add a stove and put doors on the cabinets…we argued that we didn’t own the house.

Take your time to carefully review all aspects of the transaction, and make sure you’re fully informed before moving forward.

I financed the deal through a combination of personal savings and a conventional mortgage.

I was recently at the BP convention and met several brokers who seemed to think I should just jump in and start representing investors as I seem to know what to do, but I guess I am hesitant because I have never done so.