You have to find a good pocket to invest in but very good and inexpensive.

The traveling nurse is being paid a premium, but that premium has shrunk since COVID, and the traveler often gets to pocket any part of the stipend not spent on rent (i.e. you).

learning to use bigger pockets to find a good PM Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

learning to use bigger pockets to find a good PM Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Welcome to Bigger Pockets. 

I’m Karena, based in Danbury, Connecticut, and excited to officially join the Bigger Pockets community after lurking for a couple of months, soaking up all the knowledge I can!

That's just my $.02 but I'm sure others have been operating differently with success.As for neighborhoods, West Side, South Buffalo, Kaisertown, decent sections of Black Rock and Riverside, pockets of North Buffalo, maybe some sections of Cheektowaga are going to fall into those categories.

Thank you all for all the information and knowledge you folks share in this platform, found out about bigger pockets through a podcast and I was like whaaaattt, these folks know what they are talking about I can learn here so much.

I would disagree with number 2 - in this environment, heavy rate buydowns are a common tool in the toolkit for lenders and borrowers to make deals work and are in no way indicative of "not being well-capitalized"That’s a fair point in regards to doing a buy down, we see that quite often but we roll the buy down into the loan so those aren’t paid at closing, thus not costing the borrower funds out of pocket at the time of purchase or refinance. 

@Mesturah ShittuWelcome to Bigger Pockets and congratulations on your success.