The rates are allegedly locked, so hopefully they'll come to fruition.Thank you again for the feedback as it gives me the confidence to proceed!

I know I can do this but my confidence level is really low.

For being out of state and a newbie to investment real estate, you are stepping into multi-facet, advance real estate endeavor that would require a lot of CONFIDENCE and EXPERIENCE to be successful.  

Our full time jobs have become flexible enough to allow us to refocus our energy and we now feel confident to step out of our comfort zone and start investing in potential Flip or Brrrr properties. 

If it’s not a pandemic then it will be something else, you can always find a reason to wait if your not confident or scared.

Have the confidence in your voice as if this is your 50th transaction.

Once you know what to do and are confident (without having to ask strangers on a forum for their thoughts) then you will be ready to buy your first property. 

While I'm confident that I'll still have a job, I could be making significantly less. 

In short, we will NOT buy a property unless we are reasonably confident that we can buy it, do NOTHING and sell it for a profit.  

I gained a little confidence to call and realized I have dead end numbers so I think I’m not using good sources