It's difficult to see how a tenant will be after screened and signing a lease.

Keep in mind that you will probably be required to sign a personal guarantee of the loans.

When leveraging money, I think it makes more sense to do it in a market that’s showing signs of growth.

Hope this helps in selecting the best  lender.

When he became the first relief pitcher in MLB to sign a $100k contract and asked what he was going to do with all that money (this was 1968) he said “ 90% I’m going to spend on wild women, Irish whiskey and good times; the other 10% I’m just going to throw away”.  

All that said, I actual in cocoa beach area so probably even more desired than orlando but orlando was all it would allow me to select when setting up my account.

She is a real estate agent but rents so no property to place a lien on.Sorry to hear this but its good that you share this as people only see $ signs when the think seller financing.

I can buy investment RE but due to crazy bad DTI (far worse than 100 to 1, possibly approaching 500 to 1), I cannot get reasonable financing on an OO and not sure my co-sign will help on conventional financing.  

We are just happy to sign the renewal each year.

How did it feel signing those papers and knowing you just took that leap?