Drive around the neighborhoods to understand the lay of the land - if you have someone who will take you around and explain, better yet. 

Welcome to the community, Evan!

My goal, over the next five years, is to utilize real estate in lieu of my current hourly consulting income, by building a portfolio of rentals.  

I find this data super interesting, and took the opportunity to dive into their 2025 edition this week.Nationwide they say we can expect:Average mortgage rates of 6.3%, with rates edging down over the year to reach 6.2% by the end of the year.Home prices will grow by 3.7% across the US, which is pretty modest.

That sure is a pretty looking bridge, I hope the local people find it to be a very useful thing.

I specialize on STRs in the Tampa FL area.  

Thanks, BrianLook back through the thread.

try to get the owner to finance it.. 

We scraped the old house and we build new home, where the houses are selling close to the $1.8M What was the outcome?

My net cash flow went from only $1600/month to 19k/month over the next 6 years.