My ultimate goal would be to buy fixer-uppers to turn into long-term rentals.

They're basically two different skill sets and it's fallacious thinking to assume you can do one because you can do the other.

Sounds like you have the motivation & ambitious but precise goals.

What are your goals for 2025?

For example, population growth in certain neighborhoods and increased investor activity have created opportunities for both long-term rentals and value-add deals.If you’re torn between wholesaling and holding long-term rentals, I’d suggest thinking about your long-term goals.

However, a lot of concerns can be mitigated with looking at their past rental behavior in a lot of different settings.

I’d love to hear about your goals and what you’re hoping to achieve here.

As for the areas to target, my goal in getting our feet wet as real estate investors--and since we plan to be living in Sac--is to find a property we can live in while renting out one or more units to help cover our housing expenses, which we can then hold and continue to rent out when we move.

Once you set up the tenants in the system it works great.

Self managing is a solid way to learn the business, and it’s smart that you’re already setting up systems and tools.