This is especially helpful since your goal is to replace your income and invest full-time.Market Timing: Bend, OR, has seen strong appreciation, but if you believe the market is peaking or stabilizing, now might be a strategic time to cash out.Cons:Losing the Low-Interest Loan: Your 3.1% rate is a huge advantage in today’s environment.

If you want better cash flow, 35805, 35810, 35816, and 35811 are likely the choices. 

If you're eligible, a VA loan is your best choice since it requires $0 down, no PMI, and allows multi-family properties.

@Jorge Vazquez we stopped doing signs over 10 years ago.We had a separate phone number on our signs, so were able to track traffic & applications from them.We were getting more & BETTER leads from our online ads then the signs - so an easy choice to stop using them (also time & money savings).

Using LVP was a smart choice—it holds up well when wet and is cost-effective to replace.

The Capitol region, NJ, and CT are solid choices.

Test him and ask if he can give you 2-3 choices from his portfolio.If he gives you a line that this is his "best" one, or that the others are spoken for already - WALK AWAY!

If you dont have a great team to work with you can lose your shirt even if the house is next door to where you live... there are lots of great areas but only a limited number of great teams so our final choice has always been team driven... saying that we look for an area where there are lots of opportunities  and rental houses available in good areas using the 2 % rule  we found this in Detroit and Toledo  more then willing to share what we do and what we have learnt over the years

The data points to most markets have have a boom in housing supply (apartments, and SFH) giving the consumer choices to rent.

I would then interview a few and make a choice as to what one to move forward with.