(Goal is financial independence mainly via buy and hold rentals)Basically we purchased a "fixer upper" in early 2016 for $230K.

It was definitely a fixer upper, but had everything you wanted nice yard, neighborhood, and 4 bedrooms. 

Using VA funding = fixer uppers may not be approved by the VA Firefighter working 72+ hour shifts = not a lot of down time to finish major construction jobsLooking for $350k < Want to purchase ImmediatelyMust be some kind of house hacking situation VA loan for primary residenceMulti Family =< 4 Units I see all these success stories here on BP and it blows my mind! 

Currently I own (2) duplexes in the Miller Park Area.Property #1, full gut on the upper unit, new everything, lived in it, moved on and its rented.Property #2 purchased late last year,both units were occupied, fixed up both units after the tenants vacated.

This crime area covers Post to Mitthoeffer West to East and 42nd to 38th North to South. https://www.wthr.com/article/one-fatally-shot-anot...https://www.wthr.com/article/metro-police-investig...https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/resident...https://fox59.com/2018/01/18/impd-discovers-body-b...

Like Mihir its a decent area......i have an acquaintance that owns a body shop just south of that area......thats the only time i would go down there...... im a car guy.......and that area and south of it has a lot of body shops and machine/speed shops like automotion, RPM, quinlan....etc

@Jordan Moorhead He's absolutely capable, just like I'm capable of being a body builder.

Assuming an interest rate in the mid-upper 5's with this one? 

Level IV body armor, nods & ir lasers/illuminators.

Finally, we realized that we were in one of the best cash-flow rental markets in America and decided to go ahead with getting into real estate through fixer-uppers.