Your financial background is a huge asset, and it’s great that you’re starting locally in Milwaukee while keeping an eye on future expansion.If you’re looking to connect with like-minded investors, the Rental Property Association of Wisconsin is a fantastic resource for networking with rental portfolio owners, accessing legal resources, and finding contractors. https://www.aasew.org/For mentors, funding sources, and flippers, the Milwaukee REIA is another great group to explore. https://www.milwaukeereia.com/I’m a member of both and find unique value in each—maybe we’ll cross paths at a future meeting!

If enough people reach out, eventually it would be great to start a meetup group for STR investors in the area.

You may want to start with the BP agent finder for those markets and then work with them to find good PMs and lenders.

Hello everybody! I am a teacher by trade, but I am looking to get into real estate since I've been interested in it for years. Right now, I am not as interested in investing as I am in helping another investor in orde...

@Krista Lance, I would say with 7 properties that its a good time to start thinking about bookkeeping software.

It would be a good way to start networking.

Also, I'm not sure how you're paying attention to it on the tax side, but the unit that you are living in's profit at sale is calculated differently than the other unit that you're renting out.Once you move out, that unit is officially available for rent so from that point forward, any profit gained at future sale will be calculated starting from that point and will be taxable.

Or start a business which would require a lot more time than owning RE.If it were me and Dallas is appreciating, I'd probably hold onto it since you've had it since 2011.

Is there anything I should know before start shopping?

I am a wholesaler out of Maryland looking to start content creating on my journey, looking to connect with some people that do the same type of thing.