We’re not ready to buy yet so we don’t need a realtor or a lender. 

If you had 150k you could buy one 400k property with 8k property taxes that rents for 2500/mo or you could buy two 200k properties with say 3k property taxes per month each renting for 1800.

Just would like to start building relationships with people In the Phoenix area as well. 

It'll be confusing in the short term, I think people assume it's inflationary.

Hi Shea,It is a residential property and, yes, my strategy is buy and hold.

Would love to network with some people to get to know the area and the market a little better, as well as to hear about your experiences.

Let's say you already used the tips above but you really want this nice yacht you've been looking at buying but you want to buy it with a loan and you only need to show $5000 more a month in income to buy it.

I'm considering buying a house in nearby Palm Coast as I travel there for business.

Currently playing with the idea of buying acreage in the west burbs of Chicago and design/ building a duplex and then another and another.

My ultimate goal is to live in it until I can buy a second property and then backfill my first property with a tenant.