The company I use, NREIG, just started writing again in some of the northern parishes, but aren't covering large multi-family and are requiring a minimum dollar amount per ft. sq. 

People start moving in with their TOH homes (back in the day when everyone could afford one) and the park starts to fill up. 

They started with 2 properties and are now at 15+...I would suggest you staet with a great property manager and go from there.

And if this represented my total portfolio, it would be like starting over.  

Buying more properties when you are young is definitely the smart plan, it snowballs and grows the sooner you start.

It normally doesn't cost you any money to open and to be able to access that large amount of equity to buy or stabalize your current portfolio allows you so much more opportunity costs.For instance, I took a $200K LOC out on my primary residence when I first started in real estate.

Many newer investors have to start somewhere and older more-beat-up homes are cheaper and can help someone get their foot in the door.As for appreciation, this too is location dependent.

Many who started out as Novice beginners with fix and flips and now do large new construction and Multi family projects. 

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Rocky Hill.

Purchase price: $270,000

We bought our primary residence in 2012. We then purchased 2 houses for investment purposes.

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Hello everyone , my name is Kimberly Barrett, I am from Tennessee and recently just started investing in Birmingham Alabama.