Would be looking at Tallahassee, FL between the hospital and downtownlive), but there are a few other locations which would make sense.   

I'm currently looking at using a VA loan for purchasing a duplex to live in one side & rent the other.I'm trying to do this now too in Michigan with a 2-4, whatever makes sense.

@Michael Nguyen I bought a SFH first because I found a good one that made financial sense.

@Jeff ShaverIt's good to see a fellow San Diegan on here.If your goal is higher monthly cash flow, transitioning to larger assets with better economies of scale (like multifamily) could make sense.

We started looking at coaching programs and some of these things just seem ridiculous at 20-40 grand, and some seem more like life coaching programs as opposed to real estate programs. we don't want to syndicate we really would just like to find someone that we can bounce deals / ideas off of and have them assist in underwriting and giving us a better sense of security that we are doing the right thing.

As apples to an IRA Hope that makes sense .

Even with all that equity, it makes more sense to sell. 

For instance, someone making $500k a year and living in a very highly appreciating market might be extremely happy on a deal that loses $200 a month but is getting 5% appreciation on a 2 million dollar property in San Diego, butut that doesn't make sense for the investor with 30k and a lower paying job.When it comes to the book series I agree with you that the order doesn't make sense (having read both).

That's a very good point taking the potential further value decrease into consideration (like when running the ARV for pricing it out to the end-buyer), so it makes sense that, like you said, it would have to be a great deal.

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