People sometimes make bad decisions in life and you have to decide whether it is forgivable or not.

I purchased the property after reading Brandon Turner's Rental Property Investing, and with what I learned, planned to purchase 1 property per year for 7 years to develop a solid stream of passive income.

I'm new to the real estate profession and looking to observe, learn, and get to work.

That's a tradeoff I'm happy to make right now.So far we have enough saved for a down payment (possibly 2), we've chosen a turnkey provider and market, and we've lined up funding for the first deal.

No, I put 65,000 but its probably worth 140,000 I'm trying to get a HELOC to do some renovations, then rent it out in April.

They all make money if they buy right.

My partner is an experienced home builder with 40 years of experience, however we recently moved to TN and he is not interested in getting his TN GC license.

This in return has been affecting my ability to secure a recent refinance I attempted with a renowned bank.

In Mexico, as you know, when you rent to visitors, you generally don't do LTR.

Banks aren't really in the business of lending to real estate investors anyway...they focus primarily on "operating entities", but they can be done.