I know these are basic questions but couldn't find simple answers to them and the process.If you have recommendations on the services needed above, I'm all ears!

If you have any ideas of where to get financing, I am all ears. :-)Thank you.

I considered 18 months as Will suggested but thought better of it because I didn't want to lock into it in case the tenant wasn't working out.

plus for me were we bought up in Summerlin I like the fact that there is no traffic and its master planned gated communities so I can lock and leave.. here in PDX our roads are becoming maxed out and traffic is a major issue..

I'm just trying to find a way to not have my cash locked into the deal because then I have no ability to scale or acquire more properties until I'm able to cash out refinance and recycle my capital.

It took us SIX MONTHS to finally lock down our first house, we made at least 10 offers and we were under contract 3 times before we finally closed.

We were lucky that we locked in during Brexit.We are in Denver, CO and have 790+ credit.

I'm still wet behind the ears and looking for my first deal.I started up a window cleaning, pressure washing, and gutter cleaning business August 2016 but that was under my Father-in-law on his books, and I started up officially under my own business license in February 2017. 

The tenant panicked about her rent potentially  going up and has asked for a 2 year lease to lock in her rate.  

This would likely be your best option if you're looking to lock in a low interest rate over a long time period.