I am ready and will be starting with property number one sometime, hopefully, quarter one of 2025 with a possibly 2 bedroom and 1 bathroom single family home; as this is within my current budget.

They look to have some success with taking deals full-cycle and currently have a sun belt multi-property offering that I'm researching.

I’m currently contacting a lawyer and will update what I learned here.

When I spoke with a real estate professional, she said the home would probably sell for around $250k in its current condition.

It is currently rented, and we are bullish on the building and plan to keep the unit in our portfolio.

Well when you buy a older house many things wont meet current code ,but that doesnt mean they need to be replaced . 

I'm more interested in purchasing 10 homes to have fully paid off by the time I retire, as I'm not living on the cash flow w/ current job. 

With where you are at currently, I would recommend a regular tax prep agent from a company like H&R block.

I am currently under contract for home I'm planning on using as a short term rental.

Most lenders I've worked with will use the lesser of the current rents or market rents reported by the appraiser when calculating your debt service coverage ratio.