These are areas where you can still buy in under $100k and usually still expect rents at $800/mo and up with low vacancies.Feel free to reach out if you'd like to chat!

It's also expensive, locks you in, difficult to use, and the support is very poor.

I'd plan to pay off both loans within 5-7 years with cash flow from the rental and other income and assets.I'm an accredited investor and will still have more than a year of expenses covered in liquid assets and additional funds to buy another 1-2 properties in the next 2 years, which is my goal.I don't know if I've provided enough or the right information to get some opinions if what I'm planning to do with my current house and new home purchase makes sense. 

Keeping your building expenses separate from your personal finances can make it a lot easier. 

Thanks I would look to AirDNA for this - they have long had pretty good (guidance, not perfect) rentalizer solutions for projecting revenue, but have recently added good info on expected expenses and the property managers in the area (for at the very least coming up with expected operating / management costs) etc

-- and someone more cynical who has been around the block a few times might say "yeah but Edward Jones is a solid tenant, that's super low risk, and they've been there for 15 years already, and are 2 years into another 15 year lease." 

Multifamily DSCR Loans, or DSCR Loans for 5-10 unit properties, combine the best aspects of DSCR Loans (30-year fixed rate, easier qualification and underwrite, low down payments) for properties that traditionally were ineligible for that type of financing.

I’m a truck driver recently just moved out my apartment to cut expenses and start this journey of planing the long game with real estate.

-Contractors not performing, low appraisal, unforeseen renovations, finding a deal that works, offering the right price based on financing and timeline, materials selection, contractor management, contractor vetting and selection, contractors contractors contractors...This is not an easy game to buy and hold multiple units.

If you're new you may have to take the low hanging fruit and deal with some problems and then move up.