Alternatively, if there is a real estate agent/ Agency that anyone recommends, please let me know.  

I'm so glad to have found this online community and resource to help me get started on my real estate rental investment.

I am currently trying to learn more about wholesale real estate and seeking ways on where I should start.

Purchase price: $2,000,000 Cash invested: $200,000 Acquired 35 doors.

Husband is in renos and has his real estate license.

Managing tenants comes with its own challenges, but it's definitely a viable option to get started in real estate.Wishing you the best on your journey, and feel free to reach out if you ever want to chat more about it!

I would think that if you have an FHA Loan in place you could easily keep this property and turn it into a STR.Also, you can have up to 10 FHA loans out at 1x before you have to get into DSCR Loans.If I were you, I would go purchase the new property, and then wait 60-90 days, and see what type of Refinance I could get on your 1st property. 

The main issue is, since I'm using VA benefits to purchase these properties, I have to live in them, and because of this, they have to meet a threshold of what my family is willing to accept.

Are you a successful real estate investor in or near Springfield, Illinois?

After 45 + years investing in, purchasing and selling notes and real property; structuring “deals”, running investment funds and syndications, I have observed that many (most) investors both hesitate too long gathering too much information before making an offer AND do not do enough investigation, analysis and due diligence before they finalize a purchase.Seems like opposites, right?