@Greg Abel I think it's important to consider the long-term, as changing property management software is difficult.

However, in areas with little appreciation, all investment capital must come from your savings.Summarizing, a city where you can achieve and sustain financial independence must have the following characteristics:Significant and sustained population growth.A pro-business environment with a metro population >1M.Rapid and sustained appreciation.If a city doesn't meet all these requirements, achieving and maintaining financial independence will be difficult.

Bryan: California is a difficult place to learn, because everything is so pricy.  

Basically you can't have the yard be higher than 6 inches below the window sill (otherwise it would v difficult for people to exit out of this window in case of an emergency). 

I would just be careful hopping back in now as interest rates and low inventory are making it very difficult if you aren't finding your own off-market options to buy.

It's active in the field career training via doing. 

The rate will also be higher so it makes it more difficult to hit the DSCR 1.2 or 1.25 ratio.

I do not know him, but the path he is leading you is a difficult path    Note difficult does not imply impossible; there are people who are successful with S8 housing    In my area s8 is so undesirable that they write laws trying to make it challenging to not allow S8 tenants.  

Quote from @Jacob Hrip: I’d like to begin my real estate investing career in 2025.

His current career, according to LinkedIn, is as Senior Partner at Growth Management Group, LLC from 1999 to present.