With your equity and experience, you could find solid 10-40 unit buildings that align with your goals.

Once you're ready, create a goal (e.g., "I will buy at least one single-family home, duplex, triplex, or fourplex before the end of 2019") and then do it.

It's one of the hottest markets in the US right now with some of the fastest population and job growth and companies moving and developing here.

This strategy keeps things moving fast while maximizing your options.

All 3 cities show a 7-11% decrease in home sale counts over the 2017-2019 average, so we still have plenty of catching up to do in terms of housing supply - much harder to do when you're growing fast.Durham and Charlotte are set to make large strides toward that goal - but Raleigh is barely budging.

They learn from every loss, improve their process, and move on to the next opportunity.

After we meet, if he doesn't provide documentation then I'll move on.

@Cameron Marro - I would work to get her out, move in to the bad unit and rent out the good unit. 

It seems like a lot, but it’s well worth it to be able to move a deal quickly.

My biggest conundrum now is I want to be my own GC because even when I play with smaller numbers they’re still out of reach for me to be able to attain this goal and afford the monthly mortgage with taxes and insurance.