Local real estate meetups, REI clubs, and even Facebook groups can connect you with experienced investors and potential mentors.When it comes to finding mentors, focus on providing value; whether it’s offering to help with projects, sharing market insights, or just being a reliable connection.

Low Maintenance & Energy Efficiency: New homes require significantly less maintenance compared to older properties, plus they are built with energy efficiency in mind, making them more cost-effective in the long run.7.

For example, if you are in a secured position and invest $25k and can get 10% per year at $2500 or you can get 15% unsecured which is $3750, are people willing to risk the extra $1,250 a year where you could lose all of your $25,000 investment compared to being secured where chance of losing it all I would view as astronomically lower?

How's Helix compared to Zinus?

The lower entry costs compared to other markets, plus lower taxes, make it great for consistent cash flow.

It is possible the largest investment shift in the last 395 years is some kind of tulip scam and there are elements to compare to that, however we are not talking toys or flowers in this case.

However, at this point, the information is still more general and scattered compared to certain focused programs.

You really want unbiased investor advice so I would focus more on the responses that are from investors (or anyone) living in one area in their bio, but telling you about another area that the invest in where they have no vested interest.It's not to say that all agents are spamming, most is pretty reliable advice on their area, but it's still to be considered with a grain of salt.You are giving everyone too wide a scope to help you - anywhere in the US, and then limited to the Midwest (huge), and others.

I can't speak to the other markets you listed but they are typically compared to our market here so I imagine they're similar.

There are going to be some very small pockets you'd probably want to avoid, but even those aren't that bad compared to other cities' bad areas.