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Newbie feeling stuck
Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to the real estate investing space and right now I feel stuck. I am a "recent" transplant to the DFW area (Recent = moved here one week before the world shut down. So in-person socializing wasn't exactly feasible). Currently I do not have the financial resources to invest my own funds, yet I am passionate about actually getting started with my journey. I do know that I want to start investing via buy-and-hold SFH in the Midwest. But that's about as far as I've gotten so far. I fear that I'm spinning my wheels with no real direction. I'm not sure what the next steps are.