Separate your desire to invest from your education/career goals.Always keep in mind when it comes to education if you don't enjoy what you are doing you will not do well.

You do want a desirable place, however you don't need Taj Mahal status.

However, if you are a long ways from public transit, shopping, and restaurants, the unit will rent for far less and be less desirable for investment purchasing.

I would be going into the situation hoping that it will not appraise because I already "know " or assume I over bid.My realtor claims that if it does appraises to the high offer price, at least I will be reassured that it is worth that price.I'm just not sure if this is a smart way to go about this, but with bidding wars and low inventory I need to figure out what to do gain a desirable home.

There are ways I can manipulate the input to achieve a more desired output with real estate - I can fix up a house, add to it, rent it out, lease to own, sell it outright, borrow against it, etc.

My niche is delinquent tax B and C properties in desirable areas with a predictable path of progress.Please reach out with your information and I’ll send a lInk to the presentation and/or set up a call.Time is of the essence!

Having direct access via public transportation to the city will go a long way in creating a desirable rental units.

The property is located 7 minutes from a university so we are hopping to be able to create more units in this desirable area.

That's my goal and desire, but finding listings that are remotely close to the 2% benchmark is extremely difficult.

Based on my desired tenant, I want to be in the second quartile of median rents.Based on my criteria above,  I start looking for a new property and I want to BRRRR.