Not doing anything to get better education or employment opportunities.

Columbus also has great macroeconomics - lots of job growth, population growth, and major employers developing here.

Each has its pros and cons, but starting with House Hacking can be a great way to ease into real estate while keeping your living expenses low—perfect for someone just starting their career.Here are a few suggestions to get started:Education: Books like Set for Life by Scott Trench (sounds like you’re familiar with him!)

Here’s how they approached it:1.Scraping Listings: They used web scraping tools like Beautiful Soup and GPT APIs to scan Airbnb for properties in their target areas.2.Image Analysis: They trained an AI model to analyse listing photos, identifying homes with solid potential (good structure, layout, location) that were undervalued due to low-quality photos.

@Alec Jacobs I have basic low/no fee business checking accounts.

Its proximity to campus, turnkey condition, and rental history make it particularly appealing to investors seeking high cash flow and low vacancy risks.

This is pretty clean.Scenario 2:  Your partner has owned the house for 15 years and has been taking accelerated depreciation, so the book value of the house is very low. 

Underpriced, underperforming, value add, 20 units, cash flow potential, low risk How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Do not get excited about getting a low offer signed by the seller as the lenders valuation will be the ultimate determining factor of approvable sale price. 

Do you believe it will now be more cost effective to hold a license or do you believe the expenses will go up with what I assume will be a flight from the business by low producing real estate agents?