It sounds like you’ve got a great start, and I’m sure you’ll do well in wholesaling.

Look up Michael Blank and apartment investing together and you will find a great resource who is giving a ton of info away from free on how to start in apartments.

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Quote from @Andrea Wellman: Would like to invest in short term rentals to start and learn from this forum and experts.  

If I only invested in REIT's or stocks 5 years ago when I started, my net worth would be 95% lower than it is today.

Consistent distributions for class A and Class B should start before the end of the year.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Piffard.

@Andrew Slezak Opportunity Zone (OZ) investing allows you to defer capital gains taxes (e.g., from crypto) by reinvesting the gains into a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF) within 180 days.

If that's the case, you'll want to start with a fix and flip (or hold) type of loan, complete your renovations, get it rented out and THEN refinance into a DSCR loan for a long term hold. 

Now, that meetup is in South County, on the MO side, but brings in folks from Belleville, Fairview, Collinsville, Cahokia, and all over the St Louis area.Now, there is a monthly GRID meetup in Edwardsville that brings in folks from the metro-east, as well.Generally, going to any real estate meetups in the St Louis area will find you someone who also invests in Belleville.I also invest in Cahokia, John.