I started using it as a STR 4 years or so ago.

The data should start showing soon.

You may want to try hiring a local handyman that you can email jobs to do and speak with 1-2 times weekly, meet 1-2 times monthly.Most will put on a good show for a few months then either get lazy and cut corners or start raising prices.

Once we hit junior year and started leaving the dorms, we had established ourselves well enough in our college town that we weren't going home for the whole summer anyways.

We dealt with rentals, flips, commercial, small apartment complex developments (~10 apartments), sport facilities, and a few government contracts.We are actually very open to different opportunities and investment approaches, but our plan was to start "smaller" with some cash deals in NJ (maybe somewhere in the area between Staten Island and Philadelphia, but staying in NJ), by flipping a few smaller properties and starting to generate some income.

Naturally, the lowest mortgage rate was my goal, so i started applying for mortgages. 

Hi, my name is Shad Lorenz and I am a 12 year Army Veteran, 10 year small business owner with a Bachelor’s degree in photography looking to start my journey in Real Estate Investing with my wife Beth Lorenz. 

I am just starting out so any help will be greatly appreciated!

I'm going to start sending out a lot of marketing in the triangle and am looking for investors that are experienced in the area that can be my boots on the ground.

In other words, have your ducks in a row for the refinance (usually 2-3 weeks for a DSCR cash out refi) and then start shopping.