We currently live in our primary residence and have the intent of moving out in 1.5 years and make it a short term rental once we move out.

As you know, for the conventional loans from Fannie and Freddie, you can only get them if you borrow the loan yourself when you buy a single house or 2-4 units for rental.

At a certain point you do have to replace/upgrade, which is not cheap.In our experience service warranties are almost worthless, especially on a rental. 

We have a few rental units and also flip houses.

From flipping houses to rentals ask me anything message me, maybe at some point I can help you find your first flip or Rental.

I bought my first rental at 26!

We explained to her she could find someone to sub-lease with our approval but one way or another she was on the hook for rental payments through the end of her lease and she seemed unaffected by potential legal action if a suitable sublease was not found.Anyone have any advice on this situation?  

Wondering if these are c/c+/b class neighborhoods and if tenants will be long term tenant and what the vacancy is like in North Linden Ohio.

We knew at the price the house would cash flow, then the house market went crazy and rental prices went up tremendously and the appreciated sky rocketed so this is going to be an amazing first property for our portfolio.

You can get a non-recourse loan and leverage your funds to buy 2 rentals instead of 1.