Within FHA loans, those MIP payments are essentially permanent until the loan is refinance (which depending rates could be a wild card).2) In FHA, you also have the additional fees (UFMIP) which is 1.75% of purchase that gets lumped into your loan.

Don't rely on Zillow or Roofstock or any other website, but definitely use those types of websites as a tool.  

I'm having incredible analysis-paralysis and don't know how to decide from even looking at the analysis tool. 

But, essentially, your first step here should be to figure out how you're going to start generating income.

We set a time to arrive with the officer and have paperwork to serve the tenant; (everything you go over in front of the officer) Here in Texas they can do nothing other than observe but they do have to write a report for their department which is a great tool when you sue the tenant for damages or eviction.Good Luck keep records of every text, email at this point do not speak in person with the tenant unless you have protection and witness. 

When buying a property do you offer dual agency to the listing agent, represent yourself and take the commission, or waive the commission as a bargaining tool?

HI @John Louis Tomines, BP has been a great tool for me to network and understand the power of REI.

@Ashley Reaume We have some tools under the network tab to help find other members near you.

This essentially deterred my ability to scale my portfolio.

Also, you can use their Rentalizer tool for free to look up any address and get a projection for a specific home's projected revenue.