G'Day Zach,There will always be great deals in any market as long as you look/work hard enough.For example, we buy various lists like evictions, probate and tax delinquent just to name a few.We offer low, negotiate hard, close with cash and close quickly.This enables us to buy 1 out of let's say 100 for 30 cents on the dollar.As the saying goes "The more mud you throw on the wall, eventually some will stick"Lot's of cold calls and chasing but it's my full time gig and that's what I do 🤷‍♂️I have always believed that "Cash is King" and you don't have it.Wait till you do.Just my 2 cents.As you will see mentioned many times in the forum, Ohio has great cashflow.So does, Michigan and Indiana IMO.You will probably find the most cashflow in these markets and if you look even further within these markets you can snag great deals in tertiary cities of those states.Wishing you much success

Eventually you'll want one if you keep buying more rentals.

Is it worth taking the time to get my Real Estate license, getting affiliated with a brokerage, and live that career out enough to eventually start investing?

Not sure how close you are in terms of proximity to the university but my Dad bought property near a university for over 30 years and eventually a developer came in and bought everyone out and added luxury student housing and shopping with a huge payday for all the owners who had bought many years before.

@Mike S.It is true my financial acuity was very dull when I purchased this policy so I probably did not fully understand all the ins and outs.

Subject to the existing mortgage of 170k @4% originated on 1/1/2022 plus catching up 20k of arrears/escrow/legal fees and then eventually Airbnb Furniture and holding costs of another 15k from private money.

But eventually you'll get there.

We do not NEED to do the refi but the plan is to eventually do it and remove the other person from the loan.

My goal is to eventually get to a higher cash flow in the years to come and simultaneously build equity in the property.  

Typically properties will mold and excessive damages will go under contract a time or 2 and eventually will come back on the market after the buyer's appraiser determines it does not meet FHA standardsCurrently, I am not seeing bids accepted under 86-88% following the Asset Manager change in the last 45 days or so.