If your girlfriend qualifies (enough time in service), she can use her VA loan.

A lot of times they’ll see we’re in a University town and will ask.

This would be my first time everything doing a midterm.

The main reason that I want to start this journey is financial freedom, I know its takes time for it but I see this as an opportunity for that dream of quitting my 9 to 5 job.

I drove by our neighborhood at many different times during the day.

That's very true, and we see it all the time.

Keeping them separate is for better bookkeeping, managing the numbers, and when you sell or refinance.The disadvantage is that it will cost you more to have separate LLCs, and it may be more of your time to track.But if the goal is to buy more properties, build the foundation correctly.

I had never seen anything like that in my career but it seems to work we have funded half dozen deals last quarter..

It's now time for us to buy a larger family home, but I don't want to sell my 1st home b/c I'm going to rent it out as well.

If you could configure the bedrooms to be able to sleep 8-10+ people, your ADR could increase even further from there.However, if you go the STR route, make sure you factor in the time commitment it will take to manage the property.