The thinking was that the limited lease payments of $4.5k a month would provide some additional time to establish the business revenue.

REI Central will be the first Thursday of the month.

Bill Nickerson, who wrote the first book ever targeting small real estate investors and small deals (How I Made $5 million in Real Estate in my Spare Time) was a guy that was the u;to age straight shooter, told you the good, bad, and ugly - NO PUFF.  

Make sure your first rental cash flows well by running the numbers as if you were buying it today.

Tackle your credit first.

Congrats on taking action to get this first property under your belt. 

At no time was I informed that what I was doing was going to cost money.

@Jaycee Greene after the year living there at first property can you get a second fha loan but have to live for a year too on the next one?

Let them know exactly what you are looking for so they come to you first when they get a deal that fits.

You can get leads, get training/mentorship, and fast forward a lot of success by joining a team on your first brokerage you join.