You don't have to fly halfway across the country to try and figure all of that out.

I try to have my renters meet each other or at least have a phone conversation to make sure they're compatible, but even then, you just never know if they will be.

Try and get some equity and then figure out funding options for property #2 (which I definitely want to do).I question why you are looking at this property at all.

However, if you wrote mostly 4s and 5s, you may want to consider your options.A Final Note About Selling and ExchangingIn our new regulatory environment, a rental-housing owner in Oregon can run afoul of the rules even when trying to sell.

Late july I tried to check in with KS yoak and they were confused.

I don't have the skill set YET to gauge rehab costs and try to BRRRR, but I'd like to learn.This is definitely a choice but my option is that you will do better if you focus on duplexes and cherry-pick a few SFRs as you come across them.As for your Strengths, it sounds like you have an excellent ability to save and your ability to bulk analyze data will serve you well to identify big-picture areas, property types, and characteristics to focus on.I like that you realize the first investment will not be your best investment.

Seems like the few people I talked to that are selling land in Florida are trying to sell it above retail without understanding that most of their potential buyers are going to be builders. do Not buy land in FLA without doing full due diligence  on all aspects . there are environmental gotchas that you need to fully suss out prior to waiving due diligence

Quote from @Marc Shin: Hello - i'm trying to decide whether to allow pets or to not allow pets in my STR.   

It only becomes complicated when investors try to over complicate or over think everything.

I knew there was a shortage of inventory at the time and tried to capitalize off of that by listing it a little higher over the comps.