All of this at $0 cost, just some time, energy and effort. 

I feel like my "circle of people" really needs an expansion and improvement and I want someone with more experience in the field I want to be in to really help me gain myself to success!

What I'm aiming for are turnkey rentals and trying to max out the amount of conventional, lower interest loans. again, the DTI income ratio will be IMPROVED if the property shows cash flow.

Focus most of your energy on the actual house, the spread, the team and the execution.

What I find to be most valuable: Ease of use, cost-savings and efficiency and here's what I mean: If using an interior designer to furnish your rental, they will hand you a list of supplies + furniture to buy and what I was able to do with Minoan is upload that list as a CSV file and then they come back with a quote of all of the items they can fulfill along with their respective discount. 

I was a SWO for 8 years, and the best thing I did to improve my financial life was real estate investing. 

My plan for this year is improve my credit, get my real estate license (to increase my income on top of my W-2), possibly career transition into the property management space (to learn more), and save as much as possible and learn as much as I can.I’d love to house hack close to home but my area is so expensive it seems like it’d be close to impossible. 

Any other suggestions to improve my due diligence process would be appreciated.

The permit process is efficient and can be completed in 4-6 weeks. 

Are you a hands-on type that can make improvements to a home or prefer to contract out work?