The answer is turnover costs (different than repairs, vacancy, etc). 60k houses rent to C/C+ residents.

I wish I had a more simple answer for you, but feel free to reach out if you have more questions.

There's no correct answer.

Like anything, you can easily have all of the questions answered and also come up with a long term plan, if you find a mortgage banker or broker that you trust to help consult you throughout your real estate investing life. 

@Tony Thomsen I appreciate you asking the community but with 25k at risk and potentially more you need a pro to answer this. 

I looked but found nothing that really answered my question.I have a small home in a class C area, just a small area outside of town with little commerce and mostly quiet area. 

You can do both for free and even if the answer is that it makes no sense you will learn a lot from the process.Do you know what she means by this?

@Joshua Feit my answer would be a hard "no".

There are many agents out there, but it’s important to choose the right one.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52724-im-new-to-investing-how-do-i-find-an-investor-friendly-agentI love answering questions if you have any!

@Syed Ali - Welcome to BiggerPocketsYou are right there is a TON of great information on here and I suggest you start here:Ultimate Beginners GuideIt will answer a lot of your basic questions.