Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

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If you can invest locally, I'd recommend doing that before investing out of state.

@Tyler Ashworth Did you ever buy any investment properties in Abilene?  

We want to keep trucking down our investing road, but have a few barriers.

@Gabrielle CutlerWrite down why you're investing and what you envision your investments doing for you in 2-5 years.

This is where everyone started.Residential investing is very forgiving by nature, you have to try hard to really screw it up.

For value-add investments, securing the right type of financing that accounts for the property’s potential appreciation is key.

@Michael VelezThe best thing you can do is join a local real estate investing club.

availability of multi-family 4. ability to write my own contracts(Go off market) 5. landlord tenant laws etc......and some others.If you plan to hold long term, think of what would be most important to this type of investing i.e All the best!