You may want to first explore cities that you are already familiar with.Think of cities where you grew up, went to school, like to vacation to or see family.You will have a better idea of what the good / bad parts of town than a brand new city that you are unfamiliar with.Best of luck.

I pull permits for removal of load bearing walls, addition of bathrooms or bedrooms, addition of footage.

I have seen all sides of this equation, self managing my own properties locally, but moved with the Navy 1000 miles away and managed the same rentals from afar, and had friends here in Memphis that had 18 properties and had them all with PMs with varying levels of success, some bad and some great.Self-managing brings about an additional level of responsibility that most of the time is fine, but that is not what you hire a PM for.

Those are some of the unique things we offer in addition to helping each investor build a strategic investment plan & roadmap to achieve your specific goals.

Message me if you want to explore options or discuss further.

If you’re comfortable with a bigger investment, a duplex is good for the benefit of additional cash flow and you could house-hack.

It’s amazing to see you exploring real estate while still in college.Wishing you the best.

.• Retirement communities• Syndicates (from initial explorations, little transparency from providers, little oversight - almost leap of faith and trust in provider?)

If they’re really in a bind, you could even explore something creative, like seller financing or a subject-to deal (where you take over their mortgage payments).

You should always require them to add you to their policy as "additional insured" or "additional interest" and you will be notified if they cancel or change their policy.