Reason why we are asking, is the appraiser will need to justify how value increased by $33.5k.We did a few upgrade ourselves but nothing major that needed a contractor; mostly clean up, fixing fences, changing bathroom hardware, etc. 

I am considering doing an online course to get my real estate license in Delaware. 

Search online, identify the ones you are interested in yourself, then contact the selling broker for each property.

It looks like the majority of people here have offered the opinion of “stay away from NOLA” so you should be asking what other areas are short term friendly to avoid this happening again.There ARE areas that embrace STRs.

So from what I've read online it appears in order to count rental income towards DTI for VA loan you need 2 yrs experience.

@Kerry Noble JrMy end goals are to flip homes in the Chicagoland Area and eventually to other major cities.

Go online and research pricing in your area.

I'd steer toward some of the bigger projects here in Austin like apartment syndications and/or new development deals that are coming online.

At that price, I'm assuming you have some major rehab to do, but maybe not.Not an accountant, but from my own research if you use the IRA you need to have enough in that IRA to cover all the property expenses.

A 160k house that rents for $2100 seems to be a bit high, but again, I cannot confirm the address online.