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.  

If you are not planning on doing the management, and in today's world it doesn't pay very well for the time,  then you can look for the best market posable. 

@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!

I would focus on a strategy and you and your brother like (Do you want day to day management of a house flip?

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