I need to create some kind of significant revenue stream to ensure my wife, kids, and grandchildren are taken care of when I’m gone.

Over the past year, I fully renovated a house owned by a family member, which has given me some hands-on experience.Currently, I am exploring properties that I could potentially fix up and have been practicing underwriting for these prospective investments.

Every book and podcast has been checked off.I am finally ready to dive into it, slowly…I belive I am a buy and hold kinda girl and house hacking is where I will begin.I’ve went backwards than most I am 45 but now my kids are grown therefore house hacking is do-able.Honestly I could house hack forever, but I have a boyfriend of 10 years.Eventually it will be time to make a move together….Thoughts on my ideas please and thank you SO much!

Thanks for the mention @Nathan Gesner@Jodi-Ann Birch we don't do business up in Flint, but we have encountered Gebrael Management a few times as they've tried to do business in Metro Detroit.They seem to have good processes, but please validate they will meet your expectations.Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

In late 2021 my wife and I both found jobs in Chicago, bought our second property (also a condo) there, moved in and had our first kid there.

On my end, I’ve managed to save about $80K and still owe $17K in student loans, but since I’m in the grace period after graduating in May, I’ve held off on paying them to keep my savings in a high-yield account for now.I’ve been exploring Midwest markets where property prices are more affordable, and I feel like this might be the right place for me to start my real estate investing journey.In the meantime, I’m also working with my parents to convert their single-family home into a three-family unit.

I am reaching out to explore potential partnerships that could impact the real estate market I'm specifically targeting in Florida (not Fort Lauderdale).  

Explore Investor Groups: If you’re not alone in this—meaning if there are other investors in the same syndication who are also unhappy—you might consider banding together.

We constantly get offers on our out of state properties but have no interest in selling, leaving to our kids, so no “deal” to be had until our kids own them.

Its for two people (kids go free) and 4 nights.