I feel like I have a strong grasp of the general knowledge needed for a first property, but I’d love to hear something different.

**Mixed Feelings**: I do have mixed feelings about the program overall.

Long Term Rental.Please feel free to reach out in my dms - I'll need property address along with your debt / equity/ monthly payment information!

Generally larger commercial properties and shopping centers are easier to classify with hard and fast rules, but to the points above the residential areas really move very quickly and have way more nuance than most people care to admit.zip codes are generally way too large for my liking at least in my market to provide any kind of insights other than macro level economics but even then highways or rivers that cut through a zip code can end up with totally different trade areas.we can get pretty granular with cellphone data and with grocery center data to understand the trade areas and their true boundaries, but that kind of data pull is generally only cost effective for investors doing larger scale projects or developments, and honestly we still just end up getting on the ground and feeling it out, so I generally tell people that the money is better spent on a plane ticket and weekend trip in the area you are looking rather than any kind of "trade area" level data studies.and generally B class in 1 area means something different than another. 

Inherited tenant really left me feeling like I should’ve bought it wmpty.

Still, my soft heart left my head feeling pretty rough, like a "failure".I don't think with your experience and 17(!)

I feel quite intimidated only seeing people with large followings and MULTIPLE properties.

Feel free to share any thoughts you have here as well. 

Building homes always comes with surprises but the best part is that our clients don't feel any of that.

If leveraging equity feels too risky, you might consider using a portion of the equity to fund your next property while keeping reserves intact.