but your best bet is to fully educate yourself.

Your best bet for counting the income against your wages is to use the 25,000 landlord exemption https://loopholelewy.com/looph....

@Justin GonzalezYour best bet is to join the local REI clubs and find a mentor there.

Hence, we both came to the conclusion that speaking to a lender may be the best bet for clarity here.  

But this is where you've hedged your bet's by buying a starter home, preferably in a linear market (one without a lot of downward or upward swings), under the cost of construction.It's pointed out often in the BP forums, there's an under supply of homes under 200k, this is undeniable. 

As ridiculous as most of the guys on here would say that archaic strategy is I’d be willing to bet he could buy and sell most of those guys on here that are saying that !

It's nice when a bet pays off.

We have no idea what state this in so no way to know if there is a redemption possibility, liens that stick in a tax suction, etc. a Local real estate attorney or title company is your best bet. 

My bet is your priced too high to sell.

This is doubly true if you're considering raising the rent.Same for maintenance - you haven't had an appraisal or inspection done, so a 'pretty new roof' is just what it looks like to you, you don't know what's going on with the foundation or under sinks etc. 3% is basically betting you won't even need to fix a toilet in the first year.