Hey Ginger, congrats on taking steps toward buying your first rental!

It almost reads as if you are buying a house and you haven’t closed on the house you are planning to resale. is this the case?

They have called the police on guests (in the middle of the day, for parking over a sidewalk in the driveway, for noise when guests were playing dominoes by the pool and on and on)…one neighbor yelled obscenities at my guests (in front of children), saying, “We don’t want tourists!” 

I have 2 cars that we are trying to exclude the payment from for dti ratios.One was owned at $852 monthly payment (this was refinanced to remove borrower from the loan)this one is giving me a problem because they are asking for payoff but honda is saying they take up to 10 days to be able to send it.Any guidance on a way to get this closed sooner would be great, seller is on a tight timeline.Second one is a lease that we have had approval to terminate (for $2600 fee) and then that one would be excluded.

Any advice on how to handle this would be greatly appreciated!

Love hearing about your experience, especially with 21+ years in the game—definitely a wealth of knowledge there!

I am looking for any helpful information you have to share or any (free online) resources; podcasts, books etc.

Hope you are able to learn a lot on this forum like I have!

We will pick his bosses brain eventually.I plan to start my process January 2025 on my duplex.

Agreed on what others said.