Over the years, with personal investment alongside investments from family and friends, I’ve been able to build a small portfolio of apartment buildings with a focus on cash flow through strong operations.

Always try to have a investor-friendly agent by your side

A friend and I created one recently:https://drive.google.com/file/...It was meant to compare costs between different lenders, but you can use it to just see costs from one lender as well.

@Bradley Buxton makes a very good point to make sure to do your due diligence as you won't be an owner occupant like your in-laws.Last bit of advice: Because this is a friendly deal, you want to take your time to make sure you structure it in a way that maximizes tax and cashflow benefits for both parties. 

My personal property is located in pennsylvania and my friends who are foresters have told me I have oak and hickory that are 250 years old which is unheard of in PA. if I were you.

Hey, Friend!

Now, I'm shifting my focus to multi-family properties, particularly in landlord-friendly states.

I am friendly with all the owners, and I know that I could remodel and create a cash flowing MTR in each instance. 

Not to mention the idea of my “business†relying on my friends and family also being suckered into signing up is just appalling.

I would say however that if you are looking to buy rentals then the landlord tenant laws are not landlord friendly.