My fiancé has two girls so that means they of course come with me so I just can’t do it unless I find a bigger duplex or something along those lines.

Quote from @JD Martin: I think it's a bigger problem now that we have social media.

IN Oregon. we have very few derelict houses or building very few.the one area north of downtown ( the old warehouse district) most all bigger cities have those areas.. the City put a 10 year tax abatement for repurposing the buildings to residential so buyers did not owe property tax for 10 years. 

Many people on Bigger Pockets love to hate on Dave Ramsey.

Start small and start simple - hit a good solid single that pays you every month - I will aim for bigger returns through flipping or refinancing once i have a steady stream of cash to help offset the risk those things bring.  

Quote from @Marise Sfeir: Hi i am interested in Dubai Market for investing and Airbnb, does Bigger pocket cover Dubai Market will i benefit from your tools and offerings or not?

@Wade Roberts I don't know anything about Murphy NC but I'm sure connecting with a Bigger Pockets real estate agent in that area would give you the insights you are looking for!

While engaging with the Bigger Pockets community, I've noticed many investors seeking funding.

Some post here on the Bigger Pockets Marketplace.

(If curious, my residential real estate investor clients from 10 years ago [you can find my 10 year old bigger pockets dot com posts :], at the time buying up 2-4 unit properties, a lot of them are now done with the 'human' tenants and want to 1031 into something that is ACTUALLY passive, so yes Starbucks comes up, thus I watch it).In my case I zoomed all the way into a specific brand (which then allows me to make very sweeping generalizations across an entire state -- but still not the entire country), I'm not suggesting you do that, but SOME of the variables need to be narrowed down, before you can gain any useful insights.