Having little experience under my belts, I don't know how to present myself in a way that makes it wise for the other person to work with me.

Do you think variable speed and 2 stage blowers are worth it then?

I've got several properties under my belt now and recently transitioned from my career in Finance in the Air Force to a full-time real estate investor and agent in SoCal and the FL Panhandle.

Although it's a strategy that's good for beginners, there are plenty of very experienced RE investors who continue to HH.Plus, if you do decide to do one of the other strategies in the future (such as out of state investing), you'll be much more prepared to do it if you have a HH or two under your belt--a ton of the lessons you'll learn from a HH can be used to successfully execute an out of state investment/BRRR/etc.!

Let's talk about how meetups have benefited you, where you found one, and how it helped you grow.For those of us with a few deals under our belt, let's talk leveling up.

But your not going to do that with C Class 8 to 10% return investment SFRs in the mid west rust belt deep south the risk is far to great.But you can go to Vegas lets say and buy a 300k home there that will perform as well on paper as most any mid west property and because the rents exceed 2k a month your renter class MUCH easier to manage and you can self manage.

Back to the original thought -- As I said, I found this position, and with my 15+ years of sales & sales management under my belt, the transition from product to service sale came easily to me.

Is it worth it to invest in cheaper, more stable markets to get my first properties under my belt?

Ok, I've gotten one flip under my belt.

And of course we very, very much would like our clients to continue to build their portfolio with us - to get more years AND more doors under their belts - and many of them have or we wouldn't be where we are today.