You don't need to know everything to get started; you need a foundation to build on, and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.

When your a housing provider where good decent people want to live, well the rest just has a way of taking care of itself, it really does. 

You don't need to know everything to get started; you need a foundation to build on, and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.

Your personal loan has a 5 year balloon period.  

You don't need to know everything to get started; you need a foundation to build on, and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.

Focus on attracting midterm renters through platforms like Furnished Finder, especially during slower periods.

Renting the home does not void eligibility for the exclusion but does require you to account for depreciation recapture from the rental period.

I picked the short term ones (hold period < 1.5 yrs).

They always make sure to have line(s) of credit to get them through challenging periods.

You could do a full MTR during the period you're gone, but for me the best and easiest way to go would be to just rent the other rooms in the house as a LTR.