A cash buy is safe and high cash flow in and you can always take out a loan on it later, but leverage can get you more for sure.

For reasons not worth typing I  typically obtained this information past 1 pm at the earliest and frequently later. 

Lower income / class c/d will almost always pay later then a/b because the tenants are often late so no point paying out early. 

We probably over renovated, learned that later.

And if evaluating certain passive 1031 opportunities for replacements you'll probably want to access a broker/dealer or a commercial realtor for commercial opportunities.Most of these folks are vey willing to consult with you at no charge and trust you'll later use their services to perform their assigned tasks.

I started out last summer buying into all the typical internet rookie stuff like investing out of state. 4 months of late research nights and early morning phone calls later I flew to Ohio and almost purchased a couple places there (thank you to @Ryan Deeter, @Bryan Thomas, and everyone else that put up with my relentless phone calls and emails.

You believe you can rent this property for $1700/month (from later post) when you move out. 3.

You can still choose to do so, so you are not just deferring the cost to a couple years later, but know that this will eat into your equity.   

You'll learn SO much, including how to best manage property managers later in your career.2.

The later date if parties signed on different days.