In your experience do those rental comps hold true if you go North of Addison (specifically Irving & Kedzie area).

Financing- build a relationship with a regional banker, don’t shop for interest rates, start small and build history and loyalty they are your team, Cross collateralize, deposit CD/MM or custodial account with bank for loan, give them monthly updates, nail your deal analysis, do stress tests on your deal analysis-cost/interest rate/deal length/ sale price etc. 12.

Shop around if you can to determine what is a good rate to pay.

I've underwritten hundreds of deals, submitted tens of LOIs and not had a single one accepted- The BRRRRs I did do weren't true BRRRRs because of low appraisals, or not accounting for all costs properly and I ended up leaving around $10k for each one in the deal.

Then start shopping for houses, don't engage in FOMO or real estate agent pressure. 

If you thinking there is some "giant" "fat" to cut out of Real Estate transactions I'm sorry it just is not true.

The Go-Giver: - “Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value, than you take in payment”The Voice of Knowledge: - “It’s not important to be right, or make others wrong.

True!  

Very true and we were kind of thinking about that 3 year time span as well.

I agree with the previous guys comments and say go to free webinars and   Make connections as best as you can ( at coffee shops, grocery stores, restaurants and sports cloud bars, meetups, etc).