Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

This post reflects my personal experiences and opinions, so always do your own research before making any final decisions.

You’re going to deduct the rental mortgage interest against your rental income and your personal mortgage interest (if allowed and more than standard deduction) against your regular income.

Even if you personally have just a modicum of design aesthetic sensibility, after reviewing 20 or 30 properties, you will quickly be able to get a sense of the winners.My 2 cents,Mike

Welcome, great community here on BP but also in-person in Central Texas, definitely encourage you to get involved in the lots of groups and events in the region!

Most out of state investors are better off just acting as private lenders, buying low cost index funds or keeping their money in HYSAs.

I would be very careful with a lot of course or guru in general right especially a price tag like that what I would always recommend reading the contract and see who is the person more in favor and if its not you then dont sign up very rare to see someone actually benefit from a course.

You have numerous funding options so pick your poison.

That depends on a lot of personal factors such as your finances.

For context when we do this our biweekly payments have been around $485 per paycheck so around $1,000 per month of lost income per person when we both do it.