I would hesitate to say 1-2 years to rotate out but closer to 5 years, and ideally I'd try to get the downpayment higher to at least 10%.I understand your areas though-- they're expensive.

Ideally, it is something we can renovate ourselves.

Definitely not ideal or something I'd recommend to someone. 

Obviously all that is ideal and that is the timeframe we would love to get everything done in.

We do a lot of the work ourselves and so within 2 hours of Needham is ideal. 

I'd ideally like to do this process and not cost much money, but having a good roommate does matter to me.

I am looking into short term and mid term rentals, ideally in the San Antonio area, at least for my first investment.

Think about what everyone else is doing.For reasons that I can’t quite grasp, someone decided that people who want to, need to, or have to sell their houses are the ideal audience to target.

What you want is an investor friendly Realtor who is, ideally, an investor themselves which is a very, very small percentage of Realtors.Yes, you should find an investor friendly Realtor to have on your team.

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