If you're looking to buy, Lansing is more affordable than E.

I am not in a rush at the moment but ideally would like to invest in my first property by next summer.I hope to be able to meet/talk to some of you like-minded people in the near future as I progress in my journey into finding my first property.

Lenders will advertise for sure.. but you contact them.. they never e mail your or PM you on BP anything like that..  

But I state the income on my Schedule E, which I imagine many of us do. 

Ideally I know private money is best so I would pursue that first.

@Carlos Contreras ideally you’ll want to find a property that has split utilities, but it all depends on what is norm in your area.

@Michael DeLaMarre same here ideally I really want to get into a brrrr to hold as rental but still new to investing as for now doesn't have the knowledge or the resources to get into one hopefully thru bp community I can get into one soon. 

Peter that is not correct.Ryan, your rental income is reported on Sche E. 

Ideally you extract all of your investment at the time of the refinance, but I realize that is not easy. 

At that point, having money, ideally passive streams of income, becomes VERY important.