., get a list of lenders that loan in my niche, visit their website, and start calling. 

@Owen Brown I visited my real estate clients/friends in Kelowna and Vernon (and Chilliwack and Bowen Island) this summer.

Any meet ups this week in Central PA??

Rest assured there’s plenty of folks in your area with Atleast 10% down willing to do whatever to own a home or own a rental .

For my area, that's very steep (most places are around $600).I finally have a very promising tenant coming to visit (retired government worker here to help with a trust) and to check it out.However, they want a 6 month lease.A definite pro I see is that their lease would expire in June - during peak listing and selling season.

@Zoe Lee I saw your first post about this issue.You should have had a contract with a septic company who should have been conducting multiple visits and tests throughout the year.Make sure they didn't fail you.

Note: A lending attorney is not the same as a real estate attorney.I’m only half joking, but rest assured that when you sign our loan documents, as your pen barely lifts from the paper, you are probably already in default for something.4) I cringe when some here write that private lenders can’t loan on an owner-occupied property.

I can understand the desire to visit Dallas a few times a year and enjoy your own place... that's being rented out during the other times of the year.

Read the Forum posts, read the Blogs, listen to podcasts, YouTube, and spend a little time just soaking up knowledge and other peoples' experience (and mistakes).Commit to studying a little every day and I assure you that in no time, by the end of this month, you will know a lot more than you do know and feel much more confident.Then you take your first step by asking yourself, what type of real estate investing do you want to start with? 

If we can get close on the price I will visit the property or send my contractor out to verify my assumptions.