I feel like this is something that may happen to me, always assume people have the best interest for me, when in fact they may be malicious.

I'm sure others do much better on this, but it's what works for me. 

For me personally, I am wondering about how to benchmark progress.

Hello BP my name is Mike, new here but have lurked the forms for years.

Hi all,I'm putting this out to the community for thoughts because this is a first for me as the landlord/manager of a small (< 800sf) San Francisco condo rental.  

I bought an old f150 for $3500 in cash and it was a great vehicle for me until I started multi-state investing with a lot of driving.

Perhaps a simple LLC formed in the state you reside in at most until income allows you or even demands moving to the next level.

A CPA did my taxes but he basically just fills out the forms if you know what I mean.  

Serious vetting/screening is an art form and is one of the things that can be a make or break point for a large number of landlords.

I did get myself prequalified and the loan officer told me that I can only buy SFH and I need to stay there for min. 1 year before I can make it an investment property (this option is available for me if I decided to pay DP less than 20%).I am mostly interested in multi-family properties because I can either live in one unit and rent the other or rent both units out for cash flow purposes.