I would like to start close to home as I plan to self manage the rental side of it.

Then plan and design how you're going to deploy that cash via what strategy your wife and you have confidence in.I use a excel or google doc and my first sheet would layout all of the details of the sale including all costs that go into getting closed.

Will another property come in better and may sell cheaper after you close?

•Work with lenders that roll fees into closing costs(some hard money lenders do this).

Until the posting “booster” is asked how many deals he’s closed from all this mentoring.  

I just closed today on the sale of the second house and have ended the nightmare!

There will likely be dozens of follow-up calls so don't be discouraged if you can't close someone upon first contact.All the best!

We just closed on our first investment property and we jumped right in with a quad plex.

There is no PPP and the closing costs are slightly lower compared to a DSCR loan. 

I purchased my first buy and hold SF rental property last year and turned the property into a student rental as it was very close to a local College.