Furthermore, delaying decisions may prevent both parties from pursuing new opportunities aligned with their respective goals.Evaluate your long-term financial objectives and personal aspirations for the portfolio.

Every meeting you attend and every person you meet will be another building block in your success story.

If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.

This is considered a personal home - even though it has rental income, so you only have to have 3.5% down frequently, not the 20% down it takes to buy a true investment property.  

I paid 600K (appraised at 700K) for this place and only brought 8k to closing with me personally since I also got a commission.

The questions you are asking are far to vague for anyone to have major input or guide you correctly as each person's situation is different. 

They seemed willing to work with me on a cash out refinance bridge loan, but the representative that called me is super flakey and gave me different information than the person that emailed me.

I personally enjoy a misting fan on my patio.Here are some data points below: prices are steady and rates as well; not too much change in the market this far.

As far as financing - I personally like the local banks.

Hope to connect with you in person sometime.Cheers!