Dip your foot in the pool before jumping in.  

I'm thinking that's our best option right now though.Did I shoot myself in the foot with these two loans?

I live at the foot of the swing bridge!

My community bank with portfolio loans and local underwriting in south GA will not finance this deal because it is outside of its foot print. 

Therefore, I'm having the tenant make the appointments and do the work, foot the bills ,   and give notice to evict if she delays in any step of the process....

hello BP I been auto motive mechanic for about 8years. Recently me and my wife had a baby and want more. Being a mechanic isn't cutting it I'm really excited to see where investing would take me. 

I could go into a long explanation of why, but I'll give you the 30,000 foot view of it...and keep it simple.  

It's not a bad house at all.. it's a 3 br 2 bath 1500 sq foot home that was built in 1983.

The plan is to have her out for only a month, only do whats necessary and use inexpensive materials like vinyl flooring, stock cabinets which there is only about 10 linear feet of so less than $1000.  

I'm finding that linear markets like Kansas City have scant inventory on B props, Chicago's increasing tax problems are a mounting concern considering years of mismanagement of that city, Jacksonville turnkey I don't get warm fuzzies esp. some of the more reputable turnkey firms there, Ohio markets I'm also not seeing compelling economic evidence that won't be dislodged by a market pullback, Texas, Ariz, Seattle, Atlanta--all these markets are narrow unless you're an insider, and even though I'm relatively long-term (15-20 years), to invest at what seems like the top of an asset class seems imprudent given a 10-15% correction.