Buy, even if you don't plan on staying in that 1st house in Cleveland permanently you can just use an FHA loan live there for a year and turn it into a rental afterwards.

However, we also recognize the time value of money, so while it might pencil out to turn a profit, but we get an immediate payback versus a six to nine month holding time, it might make more sense to sell them both as bare land.  

If your friend is more of a Youtuber, turn him on to Erin Spradlin's MTR channel.

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

I bought a condo with the intentions of running an Airbnb and it was quickly shut down however I ended up turning it into a corporate rental.

Taking that first step can help turn your knowledge into action.

You turned THEIR $1,000 in to $1,500.

That kind of shoot-from-the-hip approach can be fun for a minute, but it usually ends up like my old buddy Rick’s first deal.. he bought a distressed fourplex in Tucson years back without a real plan, and while he eventually turned it into a solid monthly cash flow, he spent the first six months sleeping with one eye on the tenant ledger, praying the HVAC wouldn’t bail on him after a hot desert day.

If you walk into a bathroom and see peeling paint on the ceiling, you know that room was not ventilated while showers were taken.Wire exhaust fans to the same switch as the light so that the fan has to be turned on.

I ask everyone I meet who they recommend, like I asked my realtor for bankers and contractors etc, and in turn ask the bankers for realtors they like.