Getting licensed is simply the tip of the iceberg and frankly contains none of the street smarts.

There's opportunity to be in had in any market and I bet a lot of smart people are going to make a lot of money if it dips.

Unfortunately, I don't think the property I live in now will pull in enough rental income to cover the mortgage, and on top of that, I'm fairly certain selling the property would actually take money out of my pocket.I do have some time to think about all this, since the company I work for has a travel ban in place right now due to COVID-19, I'm not able to travel to Portland for work yet, but whenever this pandemic ends, this job opportunity and big lifestyle change will be staring me in the face asking for action to be taken.I want to get into real estate investing at some point in my 20's, and I don't want to set myself up for failure by making bad choices with my current situation.

As an update, the current tenants were willing to create a "virtual tour" for us. they basically walked around the house and took video on a smart phone.

Take in as much info as you can and make best choices for you. 

Some combination of those things will mean that we as investors will have some choices to make.

Paternity leave and now COVID-19 has given me a choice, and I am taking it.

Anyway, I think following through with this deal was definitely the right choice.

I would love to connect with any investor in the area and will gladly purchase any coffee of your choice.

There will be no evictions possible (for now).If a tenant has to make a choice to pay rent or save their money for the unknown, I'm guessing they will make the same cold-hearted, business only decision and not pay.