Newbie in Cincinnati Ohio

[Amy Martini]

Hi! My name is Amy. My husband Marc and I have been interested in investing in real estate for years and years and we're finally at a point that we both feel ready to make it happen! Marc has done a little house hacking, and I was a real estate agent for a handful of years but that was all 15-20 years ago. We flipped (flopped) a house about 3 years ago, I flipped a couple of condos back in my RE days, but that is the extent of our experience. 

We now want to buy and hold properties for rental income/investing. We became serious about 4 months ago, and have been reading RE books, listening to podcasts, and networking with other RE investors to learn as much as we can. There are so many niches that are interesting to me, but we had to narrow our focus, and decided to target DUPLEXES within 15 minutes of our home. My goal is to purchase 2 duplexes by the end of 2020.

I am so grateful for this community. I am learning so much from others, and it will certainly be a valuable resource for the many unknowns in the future of landlording. Thanks for being here for each other. I welcome any and all nuggets of advice :-)