The city is experiencing major growth with developments like the $500M amphitheater north of downtown, steady appreciation rates (around 6% YoY), and housing prices that are still very reasonable compared to other markets.If you’re open to investing in Birmingham, feel free to shoot me a message.

Relationships are key in this industry.4.Analyze Markets: Whether it’s your local area or out-of-state, study the market’s potential for growth, rentability, and appreciation.5.Take Action: You don’t need to know everything to get started.

When it comes to all the cost and growth assumptions one thing I lack is the experience to understand what to expect... so most long term inputs are educated guesses.

How much I make on it is not that important, if it's still there, because it's a usage play and long-term growth play.

Hi Michele,Maxing out your Roth IRA before investing in real estate can be a wise decision, as it allows you to take advantage of the tax-free growth and withdrawals in retirement, providing a solid foundation for your future.

Not to mention the possibility of finding a new location to invest in that may have a higher growth rate since I think the current location has plateaued and might have reached it's peak in value at least for the near future.

I'd also target markets with good population growth & economic drivers that are helping the market progress. 

, but it's not that much really to launch big growth.

The cost of waiting is huge with the appreciation and rent growth we've seen the past few years.

Husband is finance major, worked in fintech with eMoney, I’m a finance operations advisor for recent PE backed, high growth businesses.