It is rare to meet people so all knowing and arrogant, that without any specifics whatsoever, can tell a potential operator that that they are absolutely wrong. 

Helps cut the teeth with property management without you having to deal with college kids, and it being a distance away so that way you can vet out future PM's

Refresh/update as needed, properly screen and place a quality tenant using a rental agreement that has some teeth and covers all of the areas of concern.

I would also consider the fee structure, and in our case, we do not charge any fees during the hold period, whatsoever.

I really want to get into this house not only for the extra $125/month but also thought it would be a good little turn key 2bd to cut my teeth.

But in Oregon there are lawyers that would love to get there teeth into a person who calls themselves a wholesaler that has taken advantage of an elderly person.

I have no knowledge whatsoever of how the financing end works, so pardon my ignorance, but it seems like if the numbers work out, the most difficult problem would be acquiring secondary financing after the HML term is done, and of course finding renters/buyers.  

PR is a difficult place to cut your teeth on real estate, but if you can do it here you can do it anywhere.Best of luck.

Now that i am stabilizing a duplex i feel very confident in getting a four or five unit next. my advice is to cut your teeth, for a little and then you bite off a bigger project.

Mary, no, there isn't thing hard about it, it's just that such are about like selling hen's teeth, rarely do these come together without much involvement. :)