@Fabio CattolicoFrom my experience, balancing career growth, cost of living, and real estate goals is a smart move.

Unless you have the rentals paid for by the time you retire, they aren't going to be enough to live off of. 

A few years later, I hired a local Wyoming attorney to create a living trust.

As for the areas to target, my goal in getting our feet wet as real estate investors--and since we plan to be living in Sac--is to find a property we can live in while renting out one or more units to help cover our housing expenses, which we can then hold and continue to rent out when we move.

I live in Farmington Hills.

Hi Davis,I live in NC but invest primarily in Greenville SC / upstate with my business partners. 

You won't find a deal where you live for free, but if you can live in a great neighborhood at a reduced cost of living that is a nearly risk free way to get started in real estate. 

Does USAA know that you are living in it?

House hacking is an incredible way to live affordably while building wealth through real estate.

Me and my partner moved from Utah to Maryland for school recently and we have a townhouse that we are looking to rent. we are currently remodeling and changing a few things before renting. what are the first steps to change my primary to a rental I lived there for about two years.