Public has confidence in economy) and (4) OVER SUPPLY (Due to expansion, supply is now starting to exceed demand. 

I suggest beginning with turnkey rentals as you build connections and confidence.

I also volunteer my time as a board member of the RPA (Rental Property Association of Wisconsin), a non-profit REIA and we focus on education, landlord-tenant law and lobbying on behalf of landlords in Madison.Networking is important especially in the beginning, because it gives you confidence to see other people's success when you are getting started.

The key is feeling confident in who your lending to and do they seem to know what they are doing.

We'd probably have to believe it would pay us high-teens IRR, and would have to feel really confident in the sponsor's experience, construction crew, and local expertise.

While a lot of what you'll learn will be from experience, I do think there are some resources to increase your knowledge base and give you more confidence as you take your next steps.One book I'd highly recommend starting with is The book on managing rental properties. 

We have been contemplating our strategy to start our business by having my sister buy her first home locally here in Connecticut, a duplex as her primary residence and live in one unit with our mother, while renting out the other unit to a resident, and be able to also rent out her single-family house as a short term/midterm rental to traveling nursers/working professionals on furnish finder.

There is a handful of people who travel daily for work from the lehigh valley to NYC.While I wouldn't do it, many people do.The distance is approx 100 miles which isin't hard for a lender to believe. 

If you travel a little bit in the US, you understand that there is really no reason why Milwaukee should be priced below average.

One is a traveling nurse who is only there between jigs and the other is a husband, stay at home wife, and a year old baby.