Just like everything else in life, get started, keep honing those skills (i.e. keep reading, keep learning, keep attending the meetups) and watch yourself get better and better witch each property you buy.I hope this helps and good luck on your real estate journey!

Dealing with sellers, negotiating, getting to closing.

These activities include shopping for mortgage, communication with lenders, going to open houses, doing comps for putting in an offer, analysing disclosures, and closing activities.

I’m not experienced with being a landlord, so I wasn’t sure if I should first acquire a rental close to home to learn the ropes or if I should just look into Florida with a property management company since I plan on moving there within the next to years.

The county explained, then very casually said "oh, and be sure to get it here by the end of the month as the memorandum of no new permits for at least 12 months has passed"Since we were closing in a couple of weeks, we had to pass on it. 

I also work with wholesalers to help with emd and double closes.

Their goal will be to get the loan closed, not to protect your money.

You shouldn't have closed until she was out.

Many times, people just set the property up and list it online...some even avoid Airbnb if they know the city/county is watching the platform...and then quietly run a STR in a very illegal area.

Estimates of how much pmi, closing costs, etc.