This job took us about 9-10 months if I remember correctly.

Because one of my first questions dealt with the job’s complexity, to which I asked the loan officer to review with underwriting if this would be a problem.

Get a paying job with the 40 hours you free up.

It is an awesome system and does everything for single and multi family management, makes our difficult job so much easier.

However, I live close-by (30 minute drive), recently retired from my day-job, and if the loan is not too large, I might be willing to do a deal just to learn a bit more about another side of RE.  

Other than that, the city is largely residential with many jobs focused around providing for those residential needs such as the service industry sector, home repair, construction, etc.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

(My next visit being Jan 22 - Feb 4)My full time job... 

The job market is tight here in Lake County right now.

Your job will be to find an investor-friendly brokerage willing to teach.