You and your husband are definitely in the right place to get valuable information.

Everything worked out and see DSCRs in the future.

I personally have no connections with anyone who is involved in this niche and I'm wondering how other people have started their journey.

We knew starting out we wanted to create systems and RentRedi met our needs. 

Then definitely get a quality PM and rent it out for a bit.

In order to put a property under contract I need to provide proof of funds I know that I can get that from a hard money lender but I don’t meet there criteria for a loan approval what should I do?

Hey @Michael Weleski  - you can check out Events and Meetups forum via this link - https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521

Others either have a check sent right to them or have another piece of property the get this STAR rebate for.

It’s astounding how many fake documents are circulating today—you can find everything from fake references and stolen Social Security numbers to falsified income documents.To combat this, we rely on tools like Plaid, Verifast, and Snappt, which are excellent for verifying financial information and detecting fraudulent activity.

So if the opening bid is 600k you need 600k in cashiers check typically I know out west here you cant bring a personal check I have beat others out when they thought they could just write a check and I presented my cashiers check.