I had 2 or 3 called.Now again keep in mind I had zero interest in holding these as rentals and I ONLY bought homes that had significant equity for me.. mainly all pre foreclosures..

I recently got pre-approved and am also on the hunt for my first investment property.

Then, if or when you decide to sell, you’ll have valuable insights to apply as you roll those proceeds into your next investment property.

@Chris Seveney The types of leads I'm targeting are absentee owners, vacant properties, pre-foreclosures, tax delinquencies, and probates. 

I'm looking at rolling over ~350k into the replacement property. 

I like the idea of having them roll that cost into the job if you use them as your GC.

I was able to rent the garage to a seasoned electrician running his business through there only coming in and out to stock his truck once per day.I hope to be able to convert the second floor into an ADU as soon as Feb 2nd rolls around.

Know that every long term lender will require a survey and if something comes up on it when you are trying to sell or refi, you could get stuck in hard money without an easy or quick way to get out.Is there a pre-payment penalty?

Collecting rent rolls, walking properties, learning who's doing the best in our sector/niche and how they're doing it, finding partners, all of these things I'm fairly good at, as I've been doing this for my recruiting agency for the past 3 years.

You are at 72% LTV - you can roll up to 80% LTV in the loan for closing costs - maybe its the case you have to come out of pocket a bit on closing costs.