It's a lot of work upfront but once the team and systems are established it gets easier and as you get better you can expand to another city. 

I live in the Milwaukee area and want to get started investing locally but eventually want to branch out into other cities and states.

Metro Atlanta, generally speaking, respective markets 30 to 45 minutes from the City, will be tight on cash flow unless you implement a creative investment strategy, such as short-term rentals, medium-term rentals, or rent-by-the-room properties, or allocate at least 30% to 35% towards your downpayment if you intend to hold the property as a long-term rental. 

The Investor Who Wouldn’t Let GoOnce upon a time, in the bustling city of Crestwood, there was a real estate investor named Michael Carter.

City won't let you rent out basement, but owner can live in basement.It may suck for 1-2 years, but then you'll have gained so much knowledge you can do better on the next one!

There's also on posted on the Events Forum under Space City REI - I'll try to tag you! 

Check out the chart showing the fast rent growth and declining rent growth cities, which could help inform your decision on growth markets. 

That said, I wanted to share my story about how I found an out-of-state property, got it rented, and set it on autopilot.BackgroundI’m in my late 20s, living in a very high cost of living city and working in tech.

, but I don't want to unknowingly do something against landlord-tenant law (Baltimore City, Maryland) to make the judge say "damn!"

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