Across the street from our primary residence, a company bought a house as a rental and it's been nothing by problems.

Do you recommend any wholesaler that operates in the DMV area, or any nationwide company that's trustworthy.

We also heard that Encore requires that you hire one of their pre-approved management companies which would not work for us.

This reduces the need to have so much dry powder upfront as you will be reusing the money over and over again ideally.All things considered, I prefer a flexible Home Equity Line of Credit with interest only payments on the portion that I use rather than making principal and interest payments on an amount of money that I may not need right away as I make investment choices over time.

Feel free to reach out to me and ask me questions, we are a Veteran owned and operated mortgage company.

So, you may not have the coverage you think, and this insurance is only a profit center for the company if the premiums exceed the payouts.I wouldn't think this is a good idea, for the reasons @Josh Young outlined.

You'll find other things like liens and such that will have to be dealt with to clear title, but generally it's not too difficult and the title company or your title attorney will help you get title cleared.  

The out-of-state seller utilized a typical property management company which resulted in bloated expenses and a rent roll below market levels.

For multi-units the tenant is responsible for pest control for their unit unless a pest control company deems that another unit is the source of the issue. 

Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing investing heavy in our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.