If I put all of my eggs in one basket (Florida in this case), paid off property and a hurricane blows everything away, FEMA is nowhere to be found and the insurance companies take years to pay what little claims they actually do pay, I suffer through it in a blown out house.

We only needed to pay earnest money and a portion of the closing fees bring upfront investment to 12-15K.

Not bad, especially considering it’ll take about 9 months for permits and a year for construction.Now, let’s say you decide to do a lot split with two 4,000-square-foot duplexes.

For our second home, we installed a Yale lock that has a physical key and a keypad.

Quentin, build your knowledge, make sure all this is done correctly.Banks rarely call the loan just because of the deed being transferred, something else triggers this, mostly because the investor decides education is not worth the money.It can be because the Insurance was not done correctly, the seller does not understand the process, the Title Company does not know what to do so they call the Bank and make a mess out of the process and a few other factors,If the investor is knowledgeable on what to say to the Bank if they call this is a fairly simple conversation to have.

The VCCO might not give you information outside of how much the tenant should be getting for rent payments, which is why filing for eviction is a good step. the VCCO will be notified and they may come to you, and you can get some answers that way.Another thing about filing is that the court can enforce a payment plan and a condition of the payment plan could be that you receive your payments directly and that rent is taken out of the tenant's compensation package before the rest of it is given to them.

You can find solid single-family homes, small multi-families, or even short-term rental properties in high-demand areas like downtown Indy or near major universities and hospitals.Indy has strong rental demand, landlord-friendly laws, and a relatively low cost of entry compared to major coastal markets.

If you sell a property, capital gains tax applies based on each partner’s ownership share, and a standard 1031 exchange won’t work if proceeds are split, as the exchange requires continuity of ownership in a like-kind investment.One strategy is a drop-and-swap, where the LLC distributes the property to partners as tenants-in-common (TIC) before the sale, allowing each to complete a separate 1031 exchange.

And a couple houses from random lines of credit from banks.

Given your criteria—affordable multifamily opportunities, a mix of MTR & LTR, and properties that sustain themselves—I’d encourage you to take a serious look at Memphis, TN.Memphis offers a strong rental demand due to its affordability, job growth, and a high percentage of renters (over 50% of the population).