Should I go ahead and list them now even though I would not be able to sign a lease until I close on them?

Go straight to the leasing and rental section in the covenant restrictions.

Now , dieing this time they had more suprises and expenses , I had to pay for a appraisal, and richer values etc , which was charged to my card the day after I said I was going to have another money lender work on getting it closed, since it was paid and ordered I went ahead with them thinking they were going to close that Friday, that didn’t happen and now they said they can easily close it on asset based , we were suppose to close again, didn’t Happen, now I don’t really don’t know what’s going on, responses are days apart or short one sentence etc , ife had to go out of my way reaching out to processor and now the company owner who won’t answer the questions, but give one liners avoiding specific answers, I’m just tying to figure out what might be the last puzzle piece, apparently the loan guy reached out and had a confernce call without me, discussed doing a seller carry back because now the underwriting is saying they are only loaning 70k of purchase and I’m having to have like 30 k in closing.

You have set yourself up for success, and your financial situation alone puts you ahead.

👊You’re already ahead of the pack just by showing up and declaring your path out loud.

It would be greatly appreciated if someone who has gone through something like this before could share what they used to make the decision to move to the area they’re investing in.I appreciate the help,EvanHey Evan, welcome to BP and props to you for getting ahead of the game while you’re still in school—that’s a smart move.

Investors are positioning ahead of the release of backlogged economic data, including the September jobs report, and monitoring Fed commentary.

The (DOT or Mortgage) is proof of that agreement.The main difference between the two, is that a Deed of Trust (DOT) has written into it that the lender can go ahead and do a foreclosure if the  terms of the agreement are violated. 

And it was done by paying way less in taxes than just converting cash from Roth to Traditional or making straight Roth contributions.

It sounds like either you buy a straight rental or a 2-4 unit house hack.The biggest advantage to house hacking a 2-4 unit is (1) you can put less money down with a better interest rate and (2) you can use the income from the other units to qualify.I don't know where you are based out of so not sure how far your $85K pre-tax income goes.