Be transparent, quick to respond, and use professional agreements.

As a community I think we should focus on helping people who have had their housing situation negatively impacted recover as quickly as possible.

Quote from @Lisa Albright: Hi All,Newbie here, just a quick question we are building an addition on our second home, we have a primary residence, and two rental properties.

If you can get a single family home and have roommates, that's the most approachable strategy and will really allow you to know rather quickly if you hate managing rentals or not.Here's my experience starting at 22, and what I regretted from house hacking: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/922/topics/1133476-hous... 

Hi @Jaycee , thanks so much for responding so quickly!

Real estate is not a get rich quick scheme or something I would quit my day job for unless you are set up for it.

Lower Start-Up CostsTraditional real estate investing requires 20%-25% down, making it difficult for many to scale quickly.

Lower Start-Up CostsTraditional real estate investing requires 20%-25% down, making it difficult for many to scale quickly.

I just did a quick lookup on Bankrate for 2024 and for 300k of value in OK was almost $1k less than 300k of value in FL (4800 vs 5600). 

I work full time at a decent job, but have quickly learned that I needed to make some changes in my families life by securing our financial future.