well as I see I personally dislike Gina raimondo way of running the state. More and more people are moving out of Rhode Island. As you can see we are on the brink of losing a house seat. First thought was to invest in ri or in a different state where there is a growing influx of people.
Unfortunately I was not smart with my money. I should have started investing in 2014 but when I started invest the bank rules were so strict and couldn't jump through all the hoops. I ended up buying a $40,000 property with cash. And got discouraged and spent the last 4 years fixing it. Put another $40000 into it. now it's estimated value is $230,000. Not a bad return on my money. But could have use that money to buy 10 houses before the market went this high.
Other thoughts are to invest in a market where houses are $50,000 where I can fund the whole deal with cash . Once I have the property renovated and rented. Get a Cash out refinance and start over.
I've been looking at this new thing called opportunity zones where you invest your money for 10 years and if you sell its text free when you sell. looking for a growing city not a declining City