The first loan applications we entered to the portal had errors, but could not be deleted, even by staff, and could only be labeled, literally, as dead.

I have a few reasons for this. 1) We are both self-employed and our income is inconsistent. 2) We don't want to impact our DTI, because we are planning on buying a house hack within the next year or so.We would be open to going up to 6 units for our first property as long as it's within budget.Now that you have some context, is it possible for a rookie to use a DSCR loan on a duplex or triplex?

You could read 100 books and still need to learn more because certain things must be learned through trial and error.

Many assumptions were made as to my knowledge, part due to my "rookie status" on the thread and part in that being the first deal being made. 

These also all have corresponding Youtube Videos on the Real Estate Rookie Youtube.

You could read 100 books and still need to learn more because certain things must be learned through trial and error.

You could read 100 books and still need to learn more because certain things must be learned through trial and error.

All you need is a good team found through other hosts or even trial and error.4.

You could read 100 books and still need to learn more because certain things must be learned through trial and error.

I've listened to a ton of episodes of the Real Estate Rookie Podcast and the Bigger Pockets Real Estate Podcast.