Originally posted by @Bridger L Logan:Has anyone else had good experiences with a larger house (5/3, 5/2) that has been rented by the room in the Phoenix area or other hot real estate market areas?

And with more equity, you can 1031 into a larger property and grow your net worth.

LinkedIn, Chamber of Commerce, signage and Networking for marketing

Down payment: Can you give us some of your reasons for wanting the larger down?

If you have a place in Nashville, it could be either and both.The larger the place, the more you are likely to cater to families.

The larger wholesalers use VA to skip trace and cold call saving them all of the work but you need capital for that.I recommend going to some events here in the DFW area.

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.), spending time with my family, and always continuing to better myself whether that be reading books, being outdoors and exercising, networking, and/or sharpening my skills for my trade.I started my real estate journey in 2021 after a software business I was a partner in had a bad partnership breakup that saw me lose everything (financially). 

It took me 11 years, 25 properties and 76 doors to replace my income but when I bought my first larger commercial deal, it replaced my wife's income in one year. 

i like the family connection but you really need a strong network to buy out of state.