This will allow you to gauge your market more appropriately and view the kinds of inventory they are pulling in on a regular basis.

I do not have the income or the capital to pay the  conventional loan payments on a $600,000 property at the moment and would like to use interest only/partly amortized so that it is more affordable for me until I can afford to pay for a regular conventional loan. 

My Lease Agreement has the difference between an emergency repair, and a regular repair and repairs that the tenants will be responsible for. 

Basically think of an umbrella as a regular old liability policy, it covers you in the fact of lawsuit, but it's got an awful high deductible, usually about $300k or $500k. 

If you choose to invest in a market distant from your own it may be very advisable to find a trustworthy local partner or property manager who can help you monitor your investments, at least until you become expert in that market yourself.

I haven't been to the happy hour meetups but the regular monthly meetings are good. 

The military tends to leave enlisted in place for 4 years, where officers tend to move more regularly, so again, that helps our tenant-stay period. 

I don't have much investing experience either, but I work with a few of them on a regular basis.

Maybe a banker can chime in, but regular payments on the student loans even if it's like $50 a month based on IBR may look better than deferred.

Not to just save a few dollars because I'm managing them all myself, and now I work twice as much as I did when I had a "regular job"