You would be surprised at how many calls this will save.

Everyone knows someone and you would be surprised how quickly you can start getting leads.

This is a little surprising that someone who can qualify for $490,000 conventional has no cash for down payment. 

If there is a fire and you haven't set up your insurance properly you could be in for a big surprise and not receive a payout.6.

And I also figured I could create a thread where other people could share their experiences.First off, there are a surprising number of real estate software platforms out there. 

I was pleasantly surprised with engagement.  

My story is similar, I started with a rental, it was a lot of hassle to open LLC as the mortgage at the beginning won't allow it, but it is always convenient to separate the accounts for book keeping.You will see this as soon as you have to do your own taxes first time, it will be a nightmare to collect everything is you incur into maintenance cost or any other expenses even if small.

@Kevin SalameaKind of a boring answer that I give all the time, but you can loosely sort Pennsylvania markets into the following categories:      - Philly/Pittsburgh       - Allentown/Lehigh Valley Area     - Harrisburg, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Lancaster, York/Hanover, and Reading     - Everything elseNot surprisingly, they match the metropolitan statistical areas in Pennsylvania (link). 

If you decide to go forward you should make sure you camera the sewer pipe to avoid a surprise expensive problem.

I make a little over 100k a year and have 50k currently ready for a down payment. any insight would be helpful.NJ/NY is crazy expensive so I'm not surprised you're looking out of state.