We recently bought our second home and are attempting to rent by the room with our first house.

Attempting to absorb as much as I can to eventually buy my first house-hack by the end of the year.I would really appreciate some advice on the following topics:- Finding a good loan officer- Finding a good realtor - Any local networking events- General advice on where to start- SF is primarily old constructions (a lot under 1920s).

However, their business model seems to have changed as they now send out emails listing homes they have under contract in attempt to assign them to other investors.

Then you'll have a much stronger position to negotiate from when attempting to obtain private funding. 

I was going to attempt my first flip project out of state using a Hard Money Loan. 

In my mind, it seems like we would all be doing a disservice to ourselves not making an attempt to try to learn other investments. 

Her bank says that the deposit was there in time and there was no sign of a withdrawal attempt or rejected payment.

Consistent attempts through multiple channels goes a long way. 

Over doing this 30 years my experience has been that able-bodied applicants are turned off by that stuff in the shower.

Yes, this strategy is an attempt to lower my wife’s taxable income.