Avoid third-party hand-offs.  

We planned to have it paid off in a year and a half.

HI Joseph,You can always start off by house hacking meaning you live in one UNIT or ROOM and renting out the other vacant units/rooms to offset your monthly mortgage payment.There are several ways to run and make sure you are maximizing your rental income while keeping your living expense as low as possible.

First off, talk to your network—family, friends, or potential private lenders who might be on board with your vision.

However, these brackets are frequently pulled off by guests, leading to high maintenance costs.

I am using an off market property database software but it isn't consistent bc this type of asset is classified differently by county. 

Building off of what we discussed so others who are perusing the forums can also see. 

So, I decided to use the BRRRR strategy by finding amazing deals off-market by cold-calling.

I never heard back.Matthew was a pretty nice guy on the phone and we had a good call, but I felt like he was rushing off.

Find a deal that you can bring to a mentor and learn from the deal and make a lil off the deal.