Biggest thing is adjust pricing appropriately. 

Biggest pati le is getting approved from VA and bringing property up to regulation.

All this to say starting is the biggest, hardest, most important step.

Your biggest issue with 5 bedrooms is that 50% of your income is going towards the mortgage, I do not believe banks would even lend to you with a DTI above 40-45 (mortgage + other debts).

The biggest mistake I made in my RE investing career early on was being so conservative that I only bought homes for cash, i.e.

The biggest correlation is interest rates, but that is not the only factor that indicates a strong flip market. 

Your biggest asset, in my opinion, is that your husband is a contractor and can run the jobs himself.

Thank you so much @Greg O'Brien, I just bookmarked this thread, I stayed up until 2am last night trying to find answers to this, confused by different professional opinions and IRS publications.I'm trying to use STRs (rented out 7 days or less with no substantial services provided in which I materially participate) to reduce my W2 liabilities and my biggest concern was if doing this will trigger Self Employment taxes.If I understood correctly, in this situation I can use depreciation losses as active against other active income (which is what I want).

I've listed the criteria from the analysis I used from Policygenious (and here's the full article:https://www.policygenius.com/homeowners-insurance/best-and-w...)Drought is the biggest concern for AZ, along with high heat.

I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying the site so far.At this stage, the biggest thing to focus on is your strategy and how much time you can commit.