I'm always looking for encouragement for myself and people I work with to show that financial freedom can and IS created through real estate.Would anyone be able to post some links to some great financial freedom stories here on BP!?

I am not a licensed servicer/debt collector and would almost certainly mess something up if I attempted on my own the first time.  :-)Lastly, what other questions should I be asking or what other input would the BP crowd offer for this situation?

Those condos are apparently “non warrantable”.....they don’t qualify for conventional financing due to investor owned percentage of units, bad financials, etc.

The financials look very strong to me.

I'm leaning towards killing some debt since I'll still have some money to use on a down payment.

Good idea to put together a Personal Financial statement and an intro letter to introduce yourself. 

If you have debt, try to pay more than the minimum payment - even a small amount can have an impact.Don't close any credit card accounts - part of your score involves how much credit is available to you.   

My husband and I are still on our journey paying off student loan debt, so I figured it would be a few years before we got into the real estate game.

If you believe that things are as they always will be, (first you should look at the past and see if that is a reasonable assessment of what the future brings) then taking into account: limitations on what you can invest in, your Solo 401(k) "projected" growth, fees & hidden fees, you can't co-mingle funds, you have to carefully manage the process, future tax increases, tax law changes, a national debt that is north of $22 Trillion dollars, unfunded liabilities and and of course inflation, along with possible "bail ins" then you are well equipped to decide if that is a good choice for your style of investing.However, If you are an "opportunistic investor" . . . . you jump at the opportunity when it arises, then you run into some conflicts.

This will also effect your debt to income ratio.