I also want to understand the implications for wanting to buy a primary home as well as a rental in terms of financing.Would be really grateful to connect and learn from you all.Thank you

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For me, though I would take this as a learning experience and work to remediate the issues and try to keep this tenant.

Has anyone self-managed their properties from an international location that would be willing to share their learnings with me?

@Michael SheaRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder, etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Hi Shane, I want to tell you something from my research because it seems that we've been doing the same thing when it comes to educating ourselves on RE.Given that you already have 20k, which is around half of the down payment, try to leverage family and friends as private money lender in order to complete the down payment.Second, depending on how long you had your primary, assuming that you did not cash out anything from the equity, you can try out this option ( no need to cash out all, just cash out the amount that you need to make this deal happen).just my humble opinion based on what I have learned!

Also, there are numerous challenges dealing with Turnkey providers:1) Terrible renovation work - we've taken over many properties that investor bought turnkey and they were shocked to learn the true condition of their property from our TakeOver video.