Stabilizing prices in cities like Austin may offer some opportunities, but competition for starter homes remains pretty strong. 

If your priority is building wealth sustainably and positioning yourself for long-term financial independence, I’d strongly recommend considering properties like duplexes, triplexes, or even quadplexes.

I still have clients but much more selective who I work with these days.Anything good NNN for dirt and tenant in strong suburban area about 2.5 million and up in price with at least 35% down.

Is there strong demand for high-end rentals in your area?

This is all very new to me, but I started listening to the BP podcast about a month ago and realized I have a strong interest in real estate investing.

The key here is finding the right market and building a strong team—especially for things like contractors.

I strongly believe that with 100% digital collections done via Baselane (including security deposit collection) and it's banking service is such a risky value proposition for investors like you and me, as at some point these type of situations will always happen ... and no one else is on the hook other that you as the owner / landlord.

All said, you will find many folks within these forums that are strong promoters of self-directed IRAs.

I was mainly thinking about the effects of putting an entire strong cashflow back into the mortgage.

Do most investors tour Home Depot/Lowes starting off to see what style of kitchen cabinets they want to put in their rehab?