Buy where you intend to live, where you know the areas best.

TurnKey, Buy-and-holds, flips, or maybe long-term rentals?

@Eric L Conry you are essentially borrowing on your property to buy stocks.

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Investment Info:Condo buy & hold investment.First primary residence (2 bed/ 2 bath condo) located into a desirable part of Southern California.

For lending, your rates are going to be higher than if you were to buy under personal name.

If prices in Georgetown come down low enough, 100% I'm scheduling a trip and were getting on-the-buy.

People were falling over crazy to buy anything and driving prices up.

Prohibiting a landlord from using criminal history prior to a conditional offer.We're seriously considering selling and buying in another state.

That said, I’m assuming that someone must be buying these wholesale properties.