DON'T FIND A BUYER AGENTSomeone who used to be a CBRE agent and now owns a team doing large-scale commercial investments told me to never find a buyer agent, because the seller agent would not want to entertain your offer.

Take the appreciation and turn that into another property that is better for one of the above strategies, allowing you more of a passive income than you have now.

Not really a big deal right now but if I bring on more properties it'll take a while to save enough to do that. 

If you devise a plan now, it will take less time and be less stressful when the problem arises.

I am now back, sitting on cash and looking to invest in Pittsburgh first, then surrounding areas.

Do you now get approved by more than one lender at any given time? 

My gut is it won't work since it barely cashflow now. 

We now have it up and running as an STR, while we are not there.

It seems to me that in Germany, being wealthy is a disgrace (seeing that from a tax and legal perspective).Now I don‘t want to post here about how „difficult“ it is living in Germany, but instead I am looking for people that think the same way. 

I now live in Germany, with mother in law because we have a baby and prefer to live with grandparents for the baby, plus its free and clear and no rent.