You can also offer to lease with an option to buy to tie up the property until you are ready to purchase. 

And what type are looking to buy, SF, 2-4 MF, or 5+ MF? 

Quote from @Alex Spivey: I want to start renting as soon as I can so does anyone have adviceYou want to find a place to rent and occupy, or you want to buy an investment that you can rent to others?

@Luke Hamlin you can buy a second home with 10% down with a Conventional loan.

We have a live pricing engine where our lenders update what their credit committee buy box is every 10 days.

Alderman Proagative....interesting...Why Chicago continues to make it harder to be an investor is mind-blowing....why not make it easier to buy a 2-4 unit property to drive home ownership?

I think with the time you’ll spend working on this, you could find 2-3 existing parks to buy in the meantime and not need to take anywhere near the same risk  

I personally think you can successfully market both your property management (PM) and buy/sell real estate services under one brand if you position them correctly.

We were there looking for another property that we could buy together on the beach that we could rent out as a short-term vacation rental.We we're living it up and having a fantastic time zip lining, eating delicious food, and seeing the monkeys in the wild.it seems like from the moment I returned from that trip in August 2022 the real estate market completely changed.

@Kyle LipkoRecommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?