I'll ask about that cross-collateral at all, great suggestion!

Conduct thorough due diligence, including property inspections, financial analysis, and reviewing rental market data.

Any suggestions on the simplest way to go about this?

Does anyone have any suggestions of other cities (in the Southeast preferably) where there may be decent numbers ...

If anyone has any suggestion on the benefits of one state vs the other and what areas to look at in those states, it would be greatly appreciated.

Do your homework – ask folks, read reviews, and compare.

haven't posted in a long time so please be gentle...my wife and i purchased a piece of land 3 years ago to build on (for ourselves). instead of building, and due to the madness of "covid" times, we ended up buying a house instead.we've been attempting to sell our land for 3 years now and have had 5 contractual offers. 2 of the buyers ducked out during attorney review for valid reasons (the land is near a landfill that's defunct), 2 because "they didn't know building was so expensive" (come on, do your research), and 1 recent offer backed out three days before closing!

Theodore - I don't recognize the color, but I would send the photo to a couple of "big box" stores and see what they suggest.

That does not make us a bad company or even "overbid" as you suggest. 

Have enough for 20% downpayment + fees+ and some more-Because of DTI, we cannot borrow money (no hard money or private money) for the new house unless we have tenants sign the contract with our current home.Does anyone have any suggestions?