Even if you start to invest out of the area you live in. 

Just in this thread I'm seeing a lot of people who are setting up their listings in a similar way so that the Airbnb brand account could live-on with the property. 

It allows you to live in a home that meets your needs while offsetting mortgage expenses.

These communities cater to renters who value suburban living but can’t or won’t buy a home.

You live and learn I suppose.

The guy who claims he is the country's biggest wholesaler and has a "community" says in his video from yesterday Dec 31 (search #251 Wholesale Hotline | LIVE Real Estate Investing Q&A if interested in his "technique"  start at 0:39:00 that the most recent transaction he did Was bailing out a guy in foreclosureGuru "bought" the house for $375,000 from the guy in foreclosureSold it back to them for $498,000 with a 6 month buy back option periodSeller had to give him $20,000 for the optionSo, guru will make about $148,000 on the transaction "Never been to the house, never had to lift a finger""No renovation, the guy is still in the house"Is this the kind of thing the new Oregon law is intended to address? 

While I live in Idaho, I am interested and willing to expand.Fix n Flips create my cashflow so I can rent to retire.

I really believe that we live in a time where all the information you need to do just about anything is available for free online.

Buy, even if you don't plan on staying in that 1st house in Cleveland permanently you can just use an FHA loan live there for a year and turn it into a rental afterwards.

I even asked Steve, the super muscly front man for Tyler from the first free event how he got started in real estate 25 years ago… he said he started with a single family home he lived in for years… definitely was not this program.