. * "It's a red state (land lord friendly)"* "rent to value ratio is attractive"* "growing populations, job growth and migration" I realize these remarks can be construed as anecdotal but they come up with frequency nevertheless.  

I now realize how lucky I was to gain the vast exposure and experience I gained early in my career.

This is just looking at the end data without realizing the consequences.Families are now more "stuck" together; as in cannot file for divorce for financial reasons.

I realize the cap in Indiana is 2% on rental properties, but special assessments drive this number north. 

But now, I'M at fault for not realizing there was significant mold damage in the foundation.I have spent too much time thinking about this, but if we want to keep digging, pass me a shovel.  

@Wes HolmesHard money will have you personally guarantee the loan so if you fail they will go after your personal assets if there are not enough assets in the LLCThis is very common and investor need to realize that LLC may provide you some asset protection but most hard money lenders will get the PGFor us it’s a nonstarter if a borrower won’t sign one there is nothing further to discuss

Since you are just graduating college you may already realize that it's not what you know, but who you know (as a personal note, I had college friends that were barely passing their classes however they ended up with really good paying jobs due to "who they knew").

But before you rush your decision, you need to realize one critical distinction: treating this transaction as a business allows you to deduct all business expenses against this income.

I have come to realize, I have been doing it more as a hobby, not a business.

There are much smaller homes in worse parts of town renting for $1600+ currently.There is not a cap on how much I can raise rent here in SW Missouri, and my thought process was to keep the rent a few hundred dollars under the market rate so that if they decided to look around, they’d realize they can’t find anything comparable with the new increased price and stay anyways.