Great job, what an beautiful house. 

As to timing, the beauty of real estate investing is that it can be done in such a way that it is completely independent of your location, even if you are managing the property yourself. 

We have a beautiful well maintained cabin in the mountains of Colorado and needing insurance.

The beauty of real estate is the ability to leverage other people’s money (OPM) and allowing yourself rental passive income and long-term appreciation.  

@Scott Brewster One of the beauties of real estate is there are so many strategies that can work.

It's a beautiful and expansive campus and I do like the feel and energy, but I'm sure there's downsides.

Hayden, this is an amazing case study especially with all the obstacles you still managed to make a positive deal and make the place beautiful!

Also if you were considering wholesaling, in this business if you even want to get a 5 second conversation with a note buyer you need to broker a note where you know the servicer, pay history, sellers color, how much hair is on the note, and legal and title status as well as property value and know what the property currently looks like.If you cannot answer these (or know what some of them mean), you will not be successful and may end up blackballing yourself.

@Brad CoutureThe beauty of BRRRR is using conventional money at owner occupied rates as long as you wait the requisite time period to buy each home and as long as you're willing to owner occupy them so if your guy isn't letting you do that, get another guy. 

My other suggestion, don't lose closing on the first home you love by trying to split hairs on a couple thousand dollars (which in this climate is like $2-3 higher monthly payment per $1K increase in sales price).