But it really gets serious with how you handle showings, your application, how you conduct tenant screening, credit / background checks and your communication style throughout all of this.

You can close the loan in an LLC so that when you file the 1st year you can pay all payments out of your business bank statements and it will not go against your DTI for future home purchases or refinances.

Thanks for all the help everyone. 

All in all, it really depends on how they are built and maintained once someone purchases the home and moves into one.  

@Noelle MastelottoColumbus definitely gets all 4 seasons and thankfully no natural disasters which is good.

The collateral is all you have left, and you must protect it.

It was not a newly constructed fence to increase the value of the property; rather, it was a replacement for an old, damaged fence due to nature disaster. 

I’m closing on a 2 unit in Bethlehem in August if all goes well.

My husband and I have 3 rentals all out of state that are managed by a PM.

I've read all the books that assume i automatically know people with money.