While I tend to lean toward building rapport early, I also understand that not every seller needs or cares about that.That said, I do think there are some sellers who care about more than just the money, they want to feel appreciated or comfortable with who they’re selling to.

Get out of your comfort zone.

And you risk the boy friends and baby daddy's.. that's your risk.And of course kids are rough on houses I don't care what environment they are raised in.. 

I would say if 10k feels like a lot right now, then wait until you feel more comfortable.

You also have states like Indiana, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, all depending on your comfort level in distance or rental type.

The more I have researched the area, the more comfortable I am to actually do it.

Today’s environment will “thin out the herd.”

Most will likely stick to the technical limit of Sept 2021 when it ceased being a primary residence, but some may be comfortable going by the address on the 2021 return and others may explore a partial exclusion, depending on the reasons for your move abroad.If you'd like to read up on the technical rules, the IRS publication 523 gets into more detail than most people would like to know, but it does have some helpful tables and examples for different scenarios.

When looking at violent and property crime rates, I cut out some markets because I felt their crime rates were higher than I was comfortable with.

All, I consider myself a beginner in real estate investing, but savvy in business/finance. I have a RE LLC with each property in an RPT.I own 3 LTR SFHs in North FL that I acquired pre/during-COVID. Estimate there is ...