If you'd like to provide me a better resource, I'll be happy to use it, but for now, I've only got so many tools in my tool belt.  

I now have the first investment property under my belt.

My personal goal this year is to have 5 rentals under my belt.

Furthermore, once you have two years of landlording under your belt, lenders are more apt to consider the landlord income in your borrowing profile... so again, it becomes easier to borrow. 

And I assume since it a rust belt note you do to. 

Get more flips under your belt and gain some more experience before tackiling these situations.

After you get a few under your belt, mind your finances, grow in your W2 career, you'll have the knowledge, experience and finances to move beyond house hacking and leverage equity you've built

I only have one house under my belt and this is how I am continuing to search.

Right now we only have two buy and hold deals under our belts, but planning to scale up big time over the next 5 years.Thanks for the rehab tip.

This would also be my first investment property, but I could enlist another family member who has other investment properties under their belt in order to satisfy some loan requirements.Using the 70% rule, I’m looking for a property with an arv of at least $350k-$360k, reno of $25k-$30k, profit of $20k with a 90 turnaround.