That's the easiest, least expensive way to get started and investing in that way in your local market will have a much greater impact on your financial future than buying a cheap house in the midwest- those "cheap" houses tend to be very expensive. 

When I've seen flippers do this, my buyers almost always say, "if they went cheap here, where else did they go cheap."

And to go for appreciation if you're going to look out of state, meaning don't buy cheap Class C properties OOS for the "cash flow on paper".

The guy of the couple wasn't really living there most of the time because he traveled for work his business probably 90% of the time.

We just sold our first house and made 150,000 we now live traveling on the road but want to invest that ASAP so it’s not just sitting in the bank Into real estate but don’t know where to start.

So, foreign investors should be aware of their travel patterns and consult a cross-border tax advisor to avoid any surprises.

Real estate was cheap in Mississippi, and I could purchase the home with 10% second home loan.

When fuel prices rose, it wrecked the economy --hence the strong correlation between cheap fuel and dollar value. 

If you have a property manager handling it for you, pass it along to the Tenant at cost of the Workman plus the markup of the property manager, whatever amount that is.Spackle is cheap, but paint can get costly especially if two coats are required. 

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