We are looking at heading down to Ensenada to check out some properties next month.

She had great references, but I think got too many houses to keep up with and was in over her head. 

@Diana JingThat is great to hear that you are on your way to rapidly growing your portfolio! 

If you don't have a primary residence yet, I would highly recommend house hacking first.This is a great strategy to use low money down, get into an investment property, have a roof over your head and still keep a large portion of that inheritance. 

Many think of midwest as cashflow but there are gentrifying areas that see rapid appreciation such as Albany Park, Rogers Park, Avondale, Pilsen, etc.

The fact that being too irresponsible to pay for the roof over your own head is considered a protected class, is in itself, an example of the govt being out of control.

The crazily rapid rise in interest rates pulled the rug out from under a lot of investments.

Just as a heads up as not sure which timeframe of BP podcasts, but before covid you could do a BRRRR and get all your money back out of the deal, today that is typically not the case and you will still have money in the deal - so just wanted to mention that.Lastly, you are way ahead of me and many others already as I cannot swing a hammer :)

I am also involved in real estate in the Grand Rapids area, and if you ever need any questions answered, I'm happy to help. 

I was in Gold Coast for a while and would always head down to River North to go out with friends.