You can then determine if the property, and your current resources, makes sense to buy & hold, fix & flip, wholesale or pass.It takes time to make this happen, but if you don't start today...Some copy & paste advice below:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Why does everyone want to chase strangers – and ignore their own personal network?

Quote from @Matt Smith: Quote from @Malek Bohsali: Where you're located, are you required to comply with today's standards for the entire home or only for the renovated parts of the property?

Limit on rentals and we are above that limit today, so no new buyers at this time can buy to rent. 

It means a $100k purchase, like a home, in 1980 is exactly equal to a $368,615.38 purchase today.     

Todays market vs a different market will also impact your buy box. 

I closed on a 3 Bed, 1 Bath SFH in Massanutten today and I couldn’t be happier with my realtor- Amanda Downs with ERA Valley Realty.

Of course no one TODAY knows this.. they just look at 30 to 40k lots 250 to 400k houses and dont really compute the staggering amount of lots available or history of the market going back decades..

While these advisory services are required as part of the day to day, self performing those and diverting that as income is not going to be significant enough to help cover living expenses early on unless you are jumping into large projects.

Due to the current interest rates, you probably can't live for free, but you can definitely learn how to house hack in that first year, reduced your personal housing costs, learn the rent by room/co-living strategy on-site, and then probably break-even after move out, but most importantly, it is possible to make that work in 2025 with today's rates.It just takes being open-minded and willing to be flexible for the 1st year.  

@Fred Robertson, I was actually reading a little about this sort of thing today and it is absolutely the kind of thing where you get a CPA or certified financial planner involved!