Good job on saving up those funds, very impressive. 

My name is Brian and I'm a 26 year old originally born and raised in the Midwest (Cleveland area specifically), but I've been living in the bay area for almost 3 years now as I got my first "big boy" job in tech.I'm a newbie when it comes to RE investing but I'm very interested in rental RE.

I'm actually in a similar boat as you Tyler; fairly new to the landlord industry (due to the nature of my job) and constantly looking for new resources that might be of some benefit.

Those of us that have been successful often try to be incouraging and supportive without considering we may be imparting false hope.Take the time you would put into growing from nothing and concentrate working 2-3 jobs saving every penny by living a frugal life style.

Current tenant has been there 2 years, is now a single mom and has a good job as a nurse, but is constantly late on rent. 

Unless this job includes a ton of transitions, needs massive floor leveling, or has a million tiny corners he'll have to custom cut, then $1900 is pretty darn high. 

I would only be able to help them a couple hours a week I already work two jobs lol.

Since we are relocating and both looking for jobs, we don’t know whether live in a cheap place until we save more money or start looking for a property to househack.If househacking is our best option, we are planning to get an FHA loan.

@Brandon Handel I own several rentals that have asbestos siding and it is pretty common in my market.

I knew I wanted to purchase a house, however my job waiting tables at a local Cracker Barrel wasn't exactly enough to impress underwriters.