A good option to get your foot in the door might be to house hack and rent by the room.

I've heard of some hosts adding to the house rules that the guests must complete those steps after booking on the OTA platform, otherwise the booking will be canceled.At my company, we don't do background and credit checks for OTA bookings, but we do ask why they're renting a MTR and who will be staying with them.

I also have a 240 sq ft house that I do an LTR out of.

I wanted to have a strategy if/when I plan to buy the next house.

Paying more only on one can give a chance to get the other house potentially refinance if the rates go down.

If we rent our house out, the tenant would likely cover our entire mortgage, but our HOA costs are high (they were raised a lot recently).

With the delayed settlement  agreement, would give you time to clean the house up a little and market the house using the short date sale method. 

I advise my clients to decline a home warranty and focus on beating up sellers during the inspection period.

We purchased it because the house was a good price compared to the same quality in OKC.

We’re looking to remodel our small kitchen (about 12 x 12, L-shaped), and convert the garage into 2 bedrooms (not an ADU, no added bathrooms or kitchen, just adding bedrooms to the house).