Playing small won’t serve you or your family.

Some of the family-business real estate companies are starting to move from the (typically) patriarch who started the company in the 90s into the kids who are in their early 40's +/-.  

Consider single-family homes or small multi-units to learn the ropes.

I personally believe single family produces the best rents and appreciation.

diversification and cash flowSan Jose, CA has been very appreciation heavy... and i'm not opposed to keeping some property here, though the multi-family / commercial real estate has very low cap rates, and low growth from what i'm seeing.

My wife and I purchased our first home, a multi family, to house hack in late 2024.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Valdosta.

We lost about $100,000, which we had borrowed from family.

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I do a lot of searches for multi-families in Cleveland and Akron so Im looking at the MLS everyday on these and I think you can definitely get better cash flow in Cleveland, especially in the 120k price range.