On the other hand, rental income properties can provide steady, long-term income streams with room for appreciation.In your shoes, I'd start by evaluating my goals as an investor.

I don’t know if these are the best the In the country but two areas I like are the eastern shore of Md, 250k is douable though it’s probably closer to 300k in most parts, another area I’ve started to do more more research on is Lancaster pa.

Start there it will offer many more options and choices than the 'loan officer' at your bank branch.

If the property feels like an asset to you, you are making a good decision, hopefully based on the data, the house, the advice you've received, and your willingness to finally go up and get one.A lot of buyers want to win so much and they keep losing, but then when they win they start to panic.

I look daily, I’ve started to drive for dollars and will be looking at doing direct mail soon.

I'd start there

I will start checking around for an attorney familiar with closing subject to properties.  

:)Having done something similar years ago, would advise you NOT to quit W-2 until you have a crew you can depend on to do at least 80% of the rehab work.You should also be building a network that exposes you to more deals than you can currently handle.Otherwise, you're just trading one job for another and won't be able to scale enough to generate the number of flips you need to replace W-2 job.

I started out pretty naive and learned quite a few lessons the hard way.

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