It has seen significant growth, especially with tech giants like Intel, Meta, Amazon, and Google setting up operations, driving up property prices and job opportunities.

If you were laid off from your w2, but you had a drive to do something with real estate and work for yourself, would you get back into the job force that's just any job to start generating some income for yourself or use the time to work to do something real estate related?

I'm of course bias, but we get a lot of Nor Cal investors here because we're driving distance but have low property taxes (that do NOT reassess on the sale), stable job growth, employment growth, land constraints that drive appreciation, and much more landlord friendly laws. 

Reading the SAFE Act carefully you'll see that there are two issues afloat, reserve requirements, bonds, accounting, examinations are all things banks screamed about when the first broker opened his door, banks were required to do all these things and brokers were not, so yes I'm sure they felt the playing field wasn't all that level.

Of course, driving around and exploring is the best way. 

It's either drive for dollars, send letters, network with neighbors, get hyper local, or spend more on marketing and blanket entire neighborhoods.

Most of my clients purchase turnkey investment properties in areas like Old North, Merion Village, Southern Orchards, Old Towne East/King-Lincoln Bronzeville, Driving Park, North Linden, North Hilltop, Franklinton, Reynoldsburgh, and Hungarian Village.

Your gross income is the total amount of proceeds that you received from all the sales which is $500,000.You then have 'inventory' which is the cost of the purchase price of properties, rehab, materials, etc that went into the properties.You then have overhead costs such as driving to the properties, LLC Fees, etc which are expenses and then bring you do your net income.

John,I have personally been driving mostly electric since 2016.  

The scarcity of options that these people have makes them happy to drive a bit to solve their problem while also maintaining their comfort and safety during their stay.