My wife not comfortable putting our house as equity, therefore we are utilizing other options to fund investment properties. 

There's a lot more compliance, regulations, and other protections that many brokers do not feel comfortable hiring just anyone. 

Yes I still have a somewhat high earning w2 income and I will be comfortable.

How much can you budget for furnishings and all kitchen items and creature comforts for the ones you want to MTR.If you have a vacant 6-unit, you have great possibilities to try all strategies.

It’s worth looking into now to get ahead of it, but also depends on your comfort level and goals.

A primary residence will most often provide more favorable loan terms so if you are willing to wait one year while you living in your new property and are comfortable with renting out your primary residence to a tenant, then getting something such as an FHA loan is a good strategy to minimize your upfront costs and hopefully get better loan terms.

If you give them 30 days to get rid of the dogs, there will be comfort animal certificates in 2 days from an online site.

Lending terms will be important here.I'd say the biggest challenge thus far is making sure I feel comfortable managing this remotely, as it's located about ~150 miles east of Dallas. 

If I don't feel comfortable I also give folks a chance to get a cosigners.

Get out of your comfort zone.