It's a very blue collar neighborhood in a zip code that's primarily upper-middle class with good schools.

I am not too concerned about the down payment as cash is not an issue, but I want to finance this place and I would like to know my optimal route for doing so.Here's the thing: I am one year out of school and have about 11 months of income history.

i'm still old school and change out locks, but i do use the same brand each time..meaning i just switch knobs but not the inside hardware..takes 15 minutes to do front and back door (i'm not that handy, so i'm sure others do it quicker :) ) you don't want to 'god forbid' have a tenant come back and break in when new tenant has moved in...that could be a huge liability..in fact, i used to think switching locks between apartments and houses and keeping a few extra sets to rotate as tenants moved out would be sufficient, but now i prefer to just buy a new set for 25 bucks each time.

Unlike our investment properties, we always considered our home as buying a lifestyle -- schools, recreation, pool, waterfront, etc., how we wanted to live at that stage of our life.

House A is right down the street from a top elementary school, feeding into a top high school.

Its a great town with a great school!

A friend of mine from high school his parents buy tax auction homes fix them up and either flip or rent them.

I went to high school with a guy on the 05 national championship team.But yeah, Gig Em for sure.

We always been very interested in Real Estate Investment, but been busy with schools, kids.

I plan to jump in and either bird dog or wholesale hopefully by the time kids are back in school.