congrats my friendHere is one piece of advice I have for you:As you attempt to find what area to invest in, use this website https://www.areavibes.com/Its a great resource and starting point for what an area might look like and it has something called a "livability score".

There are tons of resources.

. - What price point can you afford?

Wish they would build houses with this style of architecture still.

On top of that, OOS investors love the price point here, and MI is actually pretty landlord friendly, contrary to some opinions.I personally make well over $100k/yr cash flow from 21 properties here.

Purchase price: $17,000 Sale price: $27,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven and Archie Raglin acquired this property on 1/3/2025 for $17,000 and sold it the same day for $27,000.

There's no guarantee that there will be more inventory in the spring, and you should just continue to look, and when the right opportunity comes up, just grab it regardless of the timeline. 

@Aaron Bard- plenty of  lenders  offer  DCSR loans ...contact a  few  for  quotes ...also - dont  pay  any  lenders  at the beginning of the process 

If you list it and sell it for more vs. selling off market for less but no commission what's the point? 

If you don't believe me, no one is asking you to.Now,  let's go to the first point.