I’m at the very beginning of my REI journey and I would love some guidance on how I can best optimize my planning, research and saving phase (which I’m dedicating 2025 to).

No fee's when I access rate is a tad higher.

Quote from @Samuel Diouf: I'd say house-hacking is one of the best ways to get into real estate investing.

The key is understanding the nuances of the program and making sure your property aligns with their inspection standards.In Detroit specifically, Section 8 tends to work best in C and C+ neighborhoods.

The only thing that bests fear is courage and we only need a mustard seed of that to get things going...People often spend money on college and never go in to the field they spent that money on...the greatest lessons and the ones most remembered are learned 'on the job'.Wishing you more good news in the future and an exceptional 2025. 

Wishing you the best on your journey.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.DM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

Natural lights (Windows + Skylight) and kitchen island get you the best ARV ;) !

Best of luck, and if I lived nearby I think I’d be bullish on, and potentially investing in the area as well! 

So even if you had a buy out agreement negotiated up front and execute that buy out agreement, the bank would still require him to be guarantor unless something drastic changed on your side financially.The best scenario here would be to purchase and rehab the property using a hard money lender or bridge lender.