@Dave Meyer always cover this almost every month.Below are few episodes and resources to help you narrow down your options and finally start your investing.I recommend you pick the market that aligns with you real estate investing goals, your risk appetite and personality.https://www.biggerpockets.com/resources/real-estate-101/wher...https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/best-real-estate-markets-...https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/most-affordable-housing-m...All the best and keep up posted.

Great post!

Yet, too many of those posting advice for you have no clue on the risks they are advising you to take.You're pinching pennies to save $8k with 3 kids. - What would happen if you lost it all?

Please keep those posts in the Classifieds forum.Need a spreadsheet or form?

I've posted about Boutique hotels previously being the next high value investor asset class.. there are several examples of properties that have made 2024 improvements and nearly doubled the income and asset valuation.

So after being laid off a few times in the last 8 years I decided to get back into investing but this time focusing on buy and hold multi family real estate so that I could built wealth that could help me retire my wife who just had a long battle with cancer and survived , but is now back to work, and I want to give her a relaxing life free of all the stress of the world (by the way did I mention she is also in the mortgage lending field) so that explains the urgency to retire her from w-2 work ! 

https://nationalmortgageprofessional.com/news/study-reveals-....Not sure BP will allow that link to post, if not just google " 10000 saved using a broker vs direct lender" and you can find the article.On the flip side, there are some banks and credit unions that could offer products that they do not allow to be brokered.

Keep us posted on how you moved forward.

I am writing this post in December in Wisconsin.

The title: The Pro's Guide to Property management Less Stress, More Rent, with Amelia McGee and Grace Gudenkauf.