Those who care most for you will often give advice which is more protective, as they care about you, instead of beneficial to your financial future or goals.As far as, are you ready, I'd say you are more then ready.

You basically have two choices right now, you can put more money down or have a higher monthly payment.  

If you do find a rookie agent that's going to make blind low ball offers for you off the bat it probably is not going to be a good use of their time and they will unlikely have the expertise to critique your investment choice. 

My question is which loan would be the smarter choice?

We are in the market for a vacation rental in Western NC.  Got a very good recommendation for a realtor there.  Started working with him last fall.  After some initial activity and one round of viewings, we've not hea...

@Nick Pandya you won't find a lot of choices for size and they are not cheap.

My wife and I are working on building a team and we are also new to bigger pockets too, so putting our heads together might be beneficial. 

I read a lot online on what others are doing and the pros and cons of each choice.

I need to make a choice and I dont know enough information to make the best informed choice.

I have 2 higher end rental listings in DC right now and in those neighborhoods there's a huge rental supply so I've been assuming that renters just have a ton of choice and we need to lower the price or up the value proposition to get more interest.