Bigger Pockets is a great place for education and networking and is full of great content.I recommend that you check out the following resources:1.

As a lender, I look at rate sheets and loan estimates literally all day long and for the longest time when rates were stable or declining it made little to no sense to pay points. 

Section 8 can be a very smart play, but it's not great for first-time investors who are not planning (and have the resources) to continue the play to understand and perfect the obligations and to ensure the best renters.

In the interim, the Investor B BRRRR strategist spent 3X as much time managing the acquisition, construction and management of their assets comparted to the Investor A strategist.

Come November, I’ll be in the house for a full year which makes me eligible to move out.

This interested me because of my lack of investing experience at the time as well as low on cash at the time to buy much.

A fun fact about myself is that I do comedy improv in my free time!

There were 3 rate cuts of 0.25% and mortgage rates actually moved HIGHER during that time.

You might benefit from house hacking vs. doing full STR while you are away.

My wife and I just completed a full renovation of a four bedroom three bath single family home in Baltimore.