Often times, when there are multiple offers the seller's agent will request one final "highest and best" offer.

.: I have multiple examples.

I've read Brandon Turners book on Rental Property Investing, I regularly listen to the bigger pockets podcasts as well as research and learn about buying and long term rentals to get into real estate investing through multiple other resources.

However, we had multiple exit strategies.

Any general advice, particularly for someone who’s relatively new to managing multiple properties, would be incredibly helpful.Thanks in advance for your insights!

I have purchased multiple audible books such as Real Estate by the Numbers, Start with Strategy, The Book for Rental Property, The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down, and now I am reading Finding and Funding Great Deals.

A cash-out refinance typically doesn't count as "earned income," which is the type of income that would impact Social Security benefits, especially if it's related to retirement or survivors' benefits.

If it was 2019 (pre-COVID before people moved out of S.F. for the suburbs and OOS) I think it would have multiple offers over asking immediately. 

I own multiple beachfront/Gulf Front properties and and some rates actually went down this year.

So I believe mortgages will look at DTI and want to make sure your income covers your current and future debt obligations at a percentage of 40-49% I believe, so their multiple would be more like 2-2.25x, but it's not a real apples to apples comparison.