If you live in a high cost of living area, investing in more affordable out-of-state markets can be a great strategy.

.- You mentioned this sale is tax free 121 exclusion, which is great, and seems like a solid start to your goal.- The townhouse you're moving into is currently a rental, but you plan to live there two years for the 121 exclusion.

Cleveland, Ohio is a great market to focus on for cash flow and specific pockets have gone up 2x and upwards of 4x in the last 5-10 years even!

Even though it's already decided to move forward with Smarter Contact, it'd be great to hear others' experiences using Smarter Contact and to see if disabling the opt-out msg has been... detrimental or better.

A couple of years ago, I worked with an investor who never updated the contact information for the loan and the Bank call the seller (ex-wife), that day she was mad at her ex-husband and told the bank her ex allowed someone to steal their property from them and they got no money, she was kicked out of her house and there were strange people living there.This could all have been avoided if the investor did this process correct.Get educated, also I do not know your attorney but not many attorneys have the knowledge to do this process correctly. 

Hey Daniel, I got a good title company that pretty much only deals with investors and they have been doing a great job and always available to answer the phone and help out! 

Hi Hazel, I work with a lot of investor clients from OOS and have carefully vetted general contractors that are licensed, bonded, and insured and do great quality of work.

It's been great so far. https://innago.com/

There are a lot of websites that offer the course online, or if you have a college near you, they also typically offer a class that satisfies the pre-licensing requirement.

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