The metro areas give you more bang for your buck while still able to appreciate at an increasing rate.

The bank will want to see a track record of you paying your loans off.I can't wait to implement it- I have an agent/PM looking at a property for me in Milwaukee now. 

Not really for making big bucks, but more for the experience and understanding of the buying and selling process while also helping out a friend here and there.I see the logic of not trying to do too many things at once though.

Since being in California I have helped a couple flippers remodel homes and have learned more about real estate and I have decided I can utilize my construction experience/know how along with an aptitude for maximizing the potential in a building by adjusting layout and achieving the best bang for a buck possible.I've been working on a business plan and am here to get feed back and hear experience from people who have done what I intend to do. 

But your best bang for your buck is going to be with a nationwide intermediary service that has enough economies of scale to be in the middle price wise. 

Hi I'm looking to purchase rental properties in Milwaukee, WI.

If you have nothing to bring to the table you will find it difficult I always tell folks in this situation is to simply go on e bay you can buy every single guru's written materials and tapes for 20 to 50 bucks each guru.. listen to all of those read them all.. then slice and dice and see what fits your personality.no one ever said real estate is easy.. takes no money and will just fall in your lap.. its the polar opposite.. 

Anyone in the Milwaukee, WI area know of a bank or credit union that will do a HELOC on a rental property (not owner-occupied)? 

Hey Bigger Pockets!My name is Brad, im 23 years old and i am a new aspiring REI and i have been lurking on these forums for a couple of weeks now and decided i better not lurk too long and get my first post done! I am...

Worse case things go all the way upside down and I have to get a license to continue doing Airbnb or even worse and it goes all the way to left field(very unlikely to be this extreme as the city sees too many ways that they can make a buck off hosts by taxing them ) and they ban it from our city, I lose my deposit and have to recoup my money from selling my furniture.