It's one of the hottest markets in the US right now with so much population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing here (26B Intel headquarters being built here, 68K+ enrollment in Ohio State University, Amazon, FB, Google, Honda, Nationwide, Anduril, etc.).

I have a small contractor business here in Abilene that is pretty new, owned and operated by me if any of you guys need a hand.

I file a KS return anyway for my W2 job.

An accountant is a general job title that may potentially do one of many different tasks(bookkeeping, reviewing financials, assurance, taxation, etc)Bookkeepers are specific that they will likely only do the bookkeeping.

My main aim of interest in real estate is to increase cash flow and overall build wealth that can replace my day job and give me more flexibility with my time.

We do live an hour away from these properties and have W2 jobs.

Save the difference and supplement with other savings from a regular job.

I couldn’t do much about that situation until I left that job.

Quote from @Eric James: Quote from @Andrew Thomas: Quote from @Eric James: The way you get money for real estate investing is working a job and saving as much money as possible.

Simply put, there are a limited amount of PMs that will operate in the area, so I ended up with poor management.