After 3 years of steady renting and no issues she asked to upgrade the kitchen to include a dishwasher.

If you're wanting to do a lot of reading or listening to podcasts, consider a low-level job like night watchman or delivering for Pizza Hut or DoorDash.I'd take a steady, guaranteed paycheck over wholesaling and not knowing if my effort will produce a paycheck.

This seems like a no-brainer in some ways, but a few things are holding me back - It's in a great neighborhood that is appreciating rapidly, with steady demand from high-quality tenants.

My realtor tells me, that I can cover my mortgage and then some (probably break even after maintenance).My spouse is a non working attorney and I have a high income W2 job which is as steady as it can be. 

The LLC is a partnership with my brothers and we all have very steady income, outstanding credit history and cash in reserves. 

Now to get right to the point, I am a bit confused on what to pursue first with acquiring my first property, conversely, my plans do include credit build up and a steady income. 

My goal is to try and rent to employees of the tech company nearby, as I know they will have steady incomes.

Job growth is steady but the city is physically incapable of growing geographically due to the ownership of the surrounding land.

Nice and steady activity.

Often you can get an interest only HELOC which woudl let you do the work and not worry about the PI payments until you get the STR income coming in on a steady basis.