And don’t hesitate to tap into local investor groups or meetups; you’ll pick up tons of wisdom from folks who’ve been in your shoes.

I have STR investors in Florida making 25% cash on cash returns, long term rental investors picking up properties directly off the MLS and cash flowing day 1 in various states, and house hackers completely removing their housing payment from the picture allowing them to save for for the next property.The beautiful thing about real estate is there are so many ways to succeed and a plethora of strategies depending on your comfort level and how active you want to be.

I’d love your insights on how best to utilize my LLC in this process.

I also realized that I don't have to pay any utilities at all with single family homes.

Try to pick things where replacement pieces are possible and easy. i ill add that I put in some games we really like as a family, they went missing over a couple of months.

-Utilizing creative financing to minimize initial costs.

Why would you pay down a 7% interest rate when you can utilize the extra payments towards actively investing in other opportunities that can provide a higher return, e.g. actively investing in real estate.

We were so bummed about starting over with a new lawyer after the one we worked with for months told us they decided to close down, but luckily the new lawyer we picked is fast and aggressive.

I use this for tax and insurance which all properties have)Expenses (general business like admin/legal and by unit for repairs, trash, utilities...)EBITDA (earnings before interest/taxes/depreciation/amortization.

I want to utilize my arbitrage to obviously use for my personal life but also to create a hefty fund for investment properties later on the line.