You can do that and pay the agent that brings you a buyer whatever their fee is.Or, you can place a sign out front and have unknown people walking through your house at odd times looking in your underware drawer and medicine cabinets.

Vote for politicians who won't raise the money supply by 40% again. 

If you buy a house that's a little nicer than you are in currently then it could make moving a lot easier.Multi-family is tough right now because a lot of new supply has come online, so rents have been soft.

I personally never would, but I would talk to people that have that can give you an idea of what it's actually like instead of getting opinions from everyone who never have and say it's the worst.Jacksonville, FL has been great from 2010-2022, but there has been a huge surge in building residential from 2020-2023, which severely impacted the supply and demand balance and rents have flattened or dropped from 2022-today.

The underlying fundamentals that drive returns for real estate investors are (low) supply and (high) demand, population growth, high paying jobs (ideally in diverse industries for maximum recession resistance), affordability and desirability.

Be aware there are infrastructure issues that affect Jackson involving the water supply, road issues, etc.

Inventory has hit a 6-month supply, up about 90% from last year. 

For us, its simple supply and demand.

You need to amass a large portfolio for it to be passive (aka hiring someone to manage).If you want to be financially independent as fast as you can then you need to do a few things. 1) get as high of an income as possible (this usually takes schooling and/or experience, think high income profession - law, medicine,etc)2) live as frugally as possible (you will sacrifice a lot here, think of not going out with friends, live at home/save on rent, etc)3) invest as much as possible and I mean invest not yoloing on random hot tips (you are starting young, time will be on your side)If you do this consistently and remain highly disciplined, you will get there faster than most.

3- Job Market Growth is still strong in ATX 4- Population growth continues although not at the same pace as the pandemic. 5- Supply side problem - Builders overbuilding creating downward pressure on housing prices.