I've heard everything from our market is relatively easy to find deals in (they were talking flips) to you can only find deals if you are patient and analyze deals every day.

I bought a house in Seattle that was built on the lot line and someone previously got it adjusted to include the required several feet for fire safety space.

They are all very patient and helpful.

Obviously it will take some significant time to build up the safety net and I don't really want to wait around for another year or half a year just sitting and twiddling my thumbs.

So it sounds like I might need to be a little more patient and save more than $20k?

If you go end up going to medium term rentals, I've had a lot of requests recently from students who don't want to live in the dorms due to COVID safety concerns. 

Multiple units = multiple sources of rent inflow = ↓ the risk that a tenant will not be able to pay your mortgage.For new investors, I recommend being patient and saving up a little more so that they can qualify for a property with more than one unit, such as a duplex or triplex.Closing ThoughtsThe goal of this post was to help aspiring real estate investors get out of the dreaded "analysis paralysis" phase and to take action.

The main reasons they allowed my refi to proceed: I was understanding and patient with them when they were slow to respond due to a flood of requests and COVID, and I had a good track record with them over the past 3 years.

I’m looking as well staying patient waiting for winter to come..

I do not believe you can tie your vent fan for the bath into your dryer vent line, so you will likely need new ducting run.The finish stuff is reasonably easy to learn if you are patient and detail oriented.