After that, things quiet down dramatically.  

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But, if you are willing and able to do some dramatic rehabbing, there can be plenty of opportunity there.Bates Hendricks is the neighborhood of the year in Indy as far as gentrification is concerned. 

I was impressed with how fast that came off and there was a pretty good boost there. 

We've closed some stock positions to boost funds, but I'm trying to balance a slow bleed vs ripping the Bandade, so to speak.

I've decided to move closer to the job so my commute will drop dramatically (which is about 100+ miles from me now to the new site).

Of course this being our first REI, we want to make sure its a good one that will boost our confidence and understandings.Thank you guys and gals

In our current situation we are saving 4-6k a month and look to boost that to 5-7k a month in order to acquire more properties.The end goal is to be able to live off the passive income in 8 years.

My friend's family is poor but I'm planning on helping him fix that with our business ;)We live in the Daytona Beach area in Florida which as many people know is where the NASCAR Daytona 500 is held along with Bike Week so the housing market is ridiculous here (in a good way)We're thinking since we are both going to stay with our parents well into our 20's we should make our first investment on a duplex so we'll have a great financial boost from 2 units funding us.I just want some opinions from experienced investors on how they feel about this plan.

Don't know if there is a possibility in your town, but that could boost your ROI.Erwin