I especially like reading your perspectives!

We both also have finance degrees and are savvy with finances and from an income perspective we are inline with each otherSimilar to what JD stated - We have a living trust where everything eventually goes to the kids and if something were to ever happen we would sit down like adults and resolve it without being vindictive. 

I’m sure every city has areas that should be avoided, so your perspective would be invaluable for many.Tallmadge itself is a nice city, Goodyear heights is spotty and can be nice in a few block area and turn poorer as you drive down the street .

I respectively disagree with the bearded one on that statement. great wealth in RE for the investor is made with appreciation is my perspective..

For perspective, outside of SF you can easily get a place to rent for 2500 or so, figure another 1500 for day care.

This is not a recommendation but a personal perspective. 

Here are some common pitfalls I see for new investors from the private lending perspective:• Insufficient Funds: most lenders are going to be able to lend a first-time investor somewhere around 75-80% of the purchase price of an existing property + 100% of your estimated rehab budget (or an 80/100 loan, for short).

Your thinking like an agent, and using agent perspective of how a brokerage should run.

@James Hamling Thank you so much for this perspective. 

@Michael Daniel - I'm experimenting with a few "AI" generated sources/lists now and my initial perspective is that they're another source of deal flow, but not much better conversion than other areas including wholesalers, MLS, etc...