If you "need" to get five listings, you won't get them.

@Cole DobbsWelcome to BP!

Or if you wanted to sell a rental to make the $200k from selling- you'd have to pay capital gains, and unrecaptured depreciation tax and potentially depreciation recapture. 

Quote from @Jeff Calcaterra: We have a potential tenant new to the area who has gone through a paid background check, signed a background check authorization form, sent us a LinkedIn profile, sent an offer letter and says he is willing to send us paycheck stubs, but says he doesn't want us to call HR to verify employment because he is supposed to have found housing already.

Final thought is to make sure switching lenders doesn't blow a contingency and sink the closing that way. 

This is a common mistake so many people make is not having enough dishware and flatware to accommodate a full load of people.

My career has been centered around helping businesses scale through strategic sales initiatives, but I’m now channeling that same drive into real estate investing to build long-term wealth.My wife and I are in our early 40s, both work full-time, and are raising four amazing kids.

We do not raise it to market rents, we keep it at lease 10% below to try and reduce turnover.

Would love to learn from your experiences.4.

Best of luck and spend every minute learning.