What was your biggest lesson from your first transaction? 

The first delay was understandable as we had to have some of my wife's bank statements translated to english from Thai for our down payment source.

In my limited experience the bank data is for reconciling against the data you've already modeled in QBO through invoices, bills, and recurring transactions to automate their production, generally speaking the bank data isn't a source for that info, that's at least the mind shift I had to go through.

The biggest ones to consider are the mortgage payment (unless you paid cash for the property), property taxes and insurance.

He works for An airline company the source of the money can be verified.Any thoughts?

I live in Florida so I am well versed in the notification to keep the deposit rules for Florida that is  Regardless of her willingness to entertain showings your biggest issue is lack of access to your unit   What if there is a broken pipe and gushing water out and she’s unable to leave work   You need to always have access   If you have a PM or not always have a set of keys   I don’t allow that to happen and immediately rekey   I’ve actually added an addendum in the lease for that very reason   

What other sources of info have you found helpful when doing market analysis on a new area?

What sources of financing have you looked into?

@Joanne Hanson My favorite source for a beginner is Every Landlord's Legal Guide by NOLO.

Would it be worth it to have someone pay down the rest of my mortgage while I look for additional sources of money to pay for my down payment on my new home?