In addition we would like the flexibility for me to be able to supplement my income or leave my employer as we see fit.

Industrial (Large Employers and Manufacturing Growth)3.

**Overpromising and Underdelivering:** In my experience, some marketers employed questionable tactics, such as making exaggerated claims and using high-pressure scarcity pitches.

They employ 3rd-party people to handle your property and rarely have a second set of eyes checking for underlying problems.

If you go through RTR, I would ask to see the employment and rental history of potential tenants so you can weigh in.

Additionally, due to limited capital and the desire to minimize risk in a new country (for us) we employed a Master Lease strategy.

But the other side of the coin your expenses go way up when your employer is now not paying you any bene's and you have to pay all your own health retirement self employment tax AMT tax etc etc. trying to do this with max leverage is going to be a long slog to replace a 150 to 200k a year job with bene's.

It is important to look for locations with strong economic growth, rising demand for housing, employment, vacation and infrastructure developments, as well as properties that offer the potential for value appreciation or steady cash flow.

For most loans especially for first time homebuyers, your lender wants to see a 2 year work history of the same job that you are or will be working (same thing if you are self-employed).

Read it and employ it.The only thing I'd really hammer home is understand and study the market you want to get into-- meaning visit it multiple times, know the streets, get a healthy understanding.