Also I am looking for an experienced realtor on Oahu that has worked with investors and understand the investor mindset.Type of house hacking strategies I am considering:Multiple units (duplex, multi family home)Single home with roommates (rent out extra bedrooms)Single home with vacation rental (Airbnb extra bedrooms)And here are my criteria:Budget 60-75k downpaymentEastern windward side of Oahu (Kailua and surrounding neighborhoods)Renter or vacation goer friendly locationLightweight rehab (no fixer)Aloha!

Land Constraints: - Surrounded by dense mountains, our small market only measures about 15x20 miles. - Lots of demand from Northern California, and not a lot of supply. 2.

Continue to surround yourself with other investors and you will be amazed at how much you can learn and progress through out your real estate journey.

The surrounding counties aren't as bad, talking with local attorneys and investors.

You'd also be surrounded by (granted they are SFH) 30-60k homes.

A few Facebook groups around HoustonHouston, Texas has many Facebook groups related to real estate, including groups for real estate investors, real estate professionals, and other real estate groups:Houston Real Estate Investors Network & Development Club (HTX RED)Houston Real Estate InvestorsHouston Real Estate Investors & DealsReal Estate Investment Group of HoustonHouston & Surrounding Real Estate Investors GroupHYREP - Houston's Young Real Estate ProfessionalsHouston Area Real Estate NetworkHouston Real Estate Networking Group

Although I have been a member for a year, I have not been reading the posts, but now as I prepare for the Rookie Bootcamp, I have assigned myself homework to make a post and comment on a post on the forum.Riverside is a great area as well as the surrounding areas, so that is an exciting start!

Largest problem is there's very little comp data without going into surrounding cities that are definitely lower income, so that's not the best gauge.

Temple is a university surrounded by a D class area. 

But even a private contract does have certain issues if it runs afoul of other rules/laws, such as privacy issues surrounding credit ect.