Unless you are in a vacation area, I would never buy a STR that does not work as a LTR.Regarding another pandemic, we have one like every 100 years, so I am playing the odds that we are not going to have another covid lockdown situation anytime soon.

The underwriter should be able to call the VA on something like this and get confirmation one way or the other.

It was hell until I found one.

In the year Ive owned the building I received one check. 

., "I will buy at least one single-family home, duplex, triplex, or fourplex before the end of 2019") and then do it.

DFW REI Club is the one I recommend to local investors starting out.

I've had agents surprisingly show up at houses mid rehab at like 11am and no one was there, then you call the GC and he is like shocked this is happening. 

This one jumped out to me.

Also, when landlords can not sell their home because no one can afford 7% interest with 3% interest rate prices, something has to happen. 

One issue is the challenge of qualifying, as conventional loans will have DTI requirements, income requirements, loan size limits, and loan amount limits that investors looking to scale a portfolio run into as soon as the financial freedom snowball starts rolling.