Good job on saving up those funds, very impressive. 

My name is Brian and I'm a 26 year old originally born and raised in the Midwest (Cleveland area specifically), but I've been living in the bay area for almost 3 years now as I got my first "big boy" job in tech.I'm a newbie when it comes to RE investing but I'm very interested in rental RE.

I'm actually in a similar boat as you Tyler; fairly new to the landlord industry (due to the nature of my job) and constantly looking for new resources that might be of some benefit.

Those of us that have been successful often try to be incouraging and supportive without considering we may be imparting false hope.Take the time you would put into growing from nothing and concentrate working 2-3 jobs saving every penny by living a frugal life style.

Current tenant has been there 2 years, is now a single mom and has a good job as a nurse, but is constantly late on rent. 

Unless this job includes a ton of transitions, needs massive floor leveling, or has a million tiny corners he'll have to custom cut, then $1900 is pretty darn high. 

I would only be able to help them a couple hours a week I already work two jobs lol.

Since we are relocating and both looking for jobs, we don’t know whether live in a cheap place until we save more money or start looking for a property to househack.If househacking is our best option, we are planning to get an FHA loan.

I knew I wanted to purchase a house, however my job waiting tables at a local Cracker Barrel wasn't exactly enough to impress underwriters.

, most of it is acquired through poker and i do make 5k per month (on avg because you can have like a 10k month but then next month be down like -1k like trading etc.) but it's not considered a real job i have the bank statements to prove to a lender but other then that i'm not sure what direction i should go any advice and posts are appreciated thanks!