How many active buyers/sellers is more of a short-term impact, just like interest rates and other things and leading to annual fluctuations.

@V.G Jason 40% of the agents in the whole industry is active, only 20% of the agents closed deals in the last 3 months. 0.005% is an accurate figure for builder agents

Also, how active/passive you want to be.

Last night I went into my spare guest bathroom for something to discover an active leak that I suspect was caused by the tenants heating guy shutting down the system, flushing it, and restarting it.

You can also find off-market assumable loan opportunities by soliciting foreclosures or cross referencing your VA, FHA, USDA list with active listing in your current market.I hope this helps! 

So we side hustled and earned a few promotions and changed jobs (and locations - Dallas, Austin, Nashville) a few times to boost our earnings to fast track us to our first ever investment.

There is definitely a lot of activity in the area right now. 

Also, define how you'll share the acquisition costs, such as the down payment, renovation, and closing costs.Payment Responsibilities: Explain how to divide and pay for regular costs like mortgage, property taxes, insurance, homeowners association fees (if applicable), and upkeep expenses.Management and Maintenance: Agree on how property maintenance, repairs, and improvements will be handled, including decision-making processes, funding for these activities, and responsibilities for performing or managing the work.Single Decision Point: For example, I've seen situations where one person agreed to replace an appliance while another strongly opposed it.

This sounds great, I just started investing in the US (and a few challenges have already popped up), so would love to meet and hear from you @Marco Santarelli and @Cal Ewing and others who are already active in that market.

The crews had not been able to catch up with it as it was actively shedding.