Being from the Midwest I'm a fan of KC and Indiana - fun fact, Indianapolis has had nearly 40 yrs of steady rent growth.

Hi Aubrey,We have a couple of rentals in Palatka, and I'm a big fan of that market.

I am not a big fan of this unless you can earn good money on the cash you pull out; and it makes things a bit illiquid.Conversely... paying off a real estate loan feels good, but at the same time getting cash out of a house that is paid for is not necessarily hard but can be a pain.At times I suggest that people run parallel for a bit... have your cash sitting somewhere earning 5-6% and have your loan charging you 5-6% (or less or more, I know, but...).

In order to make it worth her while you will have to answer both questions to her satisfaction.To answer the first issue of not being real to her, I use a tool I call flash cash.I will bring 1-5k with me in $100 bills and when overcoming her first objection, “I don’t want anything to do with it,” I will fan out the cash like a deck of cards and say, “I know this doesn’t feel real to you, but I am actually here to give this to you.”

My passion is real estate, and my vision is to be a full-blown Real Estate entrepreneur.

I’m a big One Thing fan but can’t say I’ve read Mindset!

I'm a big fan of "On the Market" podcast.

I’m very passionate about real estate and I cannot wait to quit my W2 and do this full timeLooking for some like minded people who have been in the game longer than me, not just keyboard warriors.

An index fund is a better option...eventually, I'm a fan of paying them off and treating them like fixed income, but not now assuming that your financial house is in order and you like owning and managing real estate.

My advice is contact the clerk of the court for the county where the property is located and ask if they've established a system to notify registered owners when an instrument which purports to affect title to an owner's property the owner is notified.FRAUD ALERT NOTIFICATION (FAN) SYSTEM (mcohio.org)