He is already having people come by and look at the house, he is ready to close, I am ready to close.

Do I just continue to pay a little extra on each one.Do I save so I can pay cash for a BRRR house or maybe a $45K renovated, move in ready house or do I take that same money and just pay off the $36K mortgage?

If your car loan is affecting your DTI that much, are you really ready for that either/or question?

If you want to focus on listings, you could target Seniors with Long-Time Ownership (ready to downsize or transition to assistance) or Homeowners with Low Financial Stability Scores.

If you own it in your name, then get ready to pay out of your personal checkIng account and potentIally lose your own home amd have your wages garnIshed.

We have a rental house in Fresno, TX SFH 3/2/2 that we have finish doing some updates and is move-in ready.

If you got pre-approved in January and were ready to go in August, I believe you would have to get pre-approved again.It is always a good idea (and necessary if you ask me) to get pre-approved before you start to look for a property. 

While you are building your capital, network your butt off to make the connections you'll need when you are ready 

Judging from the first few pages of the beginner's guide, I think we're looking at possibly doing some buy and hold strategies on single family homes and duplex/triplex/quads, since we both love our jobs and aren't quite ready to jump into the real estate game full time.The amount of information to read up on and understand is dizzying, and I have never so much as held a mortgage of my own. 

If you would buy a good quality rent ready house for 130k then lever it up like its 130k..