They also both have declining population over the past 10 years.

I work for a building materials company now and took their online game from Zero to very engaged in the past few years and it's been really fun.

I haven't read up on house hacking yet, but I don't believe that living in the property for a year before renting it out will be an option for me.   

I’m a 41-year-old father of six who loves the Lord and is driven by a desire to build a better future for my family through real estate.I own a small tile installation business, am a certified insurance agent, and am currently in the process of obtaining my real estate license.

Use it to gain some experience as a landlord and in two years leverage the equity to purchase a duplex.

I buy and hold.After all the gut rehabs and new builds we did in the last 5 years, I felt the same way.

Cleaning costs have gone up in the past 5 years, because covid made people realize they don't want to do a hard physical job for peanuts anymore.  

We were running out of money to continue carrying the property, so we took it.We refinanced all our existing debt into a new 30 yr loan for $2M, which was 10 years IO at 8.375% before going principal + interest in years 11-30.

Thus creating a monopoly that I don't know how to get out of.I've worked years in this industry from the PM-end and never seen anyone try to bill a percentage off the security deposit and, though a little digging is showing me it CAN be done, it seems like bad business.

Wyoming allows for the creation of dynasty trusts, which can last for multiple generations, often up to 100 years or more, designed to preserve family wealth across several generations without being subject to estate taxes each time the assets pass to heirs.5.