Everyone wants the instant fix a quick class, or pill that will make up and fix years of bad choices.There are guru's out there running around talking about buying these micro loan homes and making millions.

. :)It'll be worth your time to have them working with a minimal overlays lender that can count departing residence rental income regardless of equity position or prior landlord experience. 

I have gone and took a stroll around the house and gathered all I could and there is very very minimal work to be done (painted garage, replace front door) But the interior looks brand spanking new aside from the fire place.

If I have a year where repairs are minimal, I save the money as repair reserves.

I bought them at no money down and they only needed minimal work to get them ready to rent.

We're here to help you minimize those things as you move forward . . . be sure to ask anything you want to know right here on the forums.

This home was my primary and is now a rental with minimal cash flow.

You will get a chunk up front as option consideration, a monthly spread and minimal headaches.  

Did you use 100 % of your CC balances or did you have certain credit utilization on each credit card in order to minimize the impact on your credit score? 

I would suggest doing further analysis on some flips, brrrr’s, or if the risk tolerance isn’t that high at least targeting a “value ad” approach where a mildly distressed asset is your new target focus, and you can do minimal renovation like paint and light fixtures and get a more premium rent…now hold it as is for 6 months in a bridge loan, wait and see how it goes but then pull as much capital back out on a refinance to do this twice in a year.