But, as long as you plan to grow, it may be worth having that relationship in place so you're not scrambling later when your REI activities have picked up.Hope that helps!

I'm a 35 year old professional that travels a lot for work, but still actively wants to invest in RE. 

Not sure how active the app Nextdoor is in the area you are going to, but around me that has been where i have found some good tradesmen.   

Even better, get some self employment activity and sponsor a solo 401k then no UBIT on leveraged real estate!   

SFR is active.

We don’t make any active income in the US, only passive.

With less demand, sellers may be more motivated to offload properties, especially those facing higher holding costs due to rising interest rates.Also, the election season plays a major role with what's going on. 

But I am actively saving for retirement, mostly invested in index funds, and I hadn't considered that I could use some of these retirement funds.

@Trenton Pelloquin There are certainly benefits to QBO, including the fact that many in the industry players are using it, which could facilitate delegation of bookkeeping activities and tax preparation. 

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