Building wealth quickly is not an enjoyable experience—you have to go through some pain to experience the reward at the end.Trust me, from personal experience: the quicker the wealth building = the more pain.

Tampa’s my personal favorite (yeah, I’m biased), with strong growth, great tenant demand, and a balance of cash flow and appreciation.

I personally want to learn from those with experience.

Does anyone have any experience with these types of tenants?

Just because someone has experience doesn't mean that a local meetup would not be helpful.

Melanie, as much as I understand where you're at with this, I would have to disagree based on personal experience.

We've been going to duplex open houses in Cleveland & Akron and a few showings with our agent who has more experience in the Akron area, to learn about neighborhoods, price, quality, etc.

For finding my first properties, word of mouth and local networking worked well, plus reaching out to hosts on Airbnb with personalized messages.When pitching, focus on how you’ll add value (like boosting reviews or optimizing pricing) and avoid coming off too salesy.

Maybe get yourself a couple of SRFs to start, run them for a year or two and get some $$ profit AND (more importantly) experience.

From my experience selling RE and building new homes your just not going to please everyone