Thanks to everything I’ve learned from the podcasts, books, and this community, my wife and I currently own:A triplex in MaineA single-family rental in San AntonioA single-family primary residence in Las Cruces, NM, which will become a rental when we move in a few monthsFor context, I’m an active-duty Army officer with about 12 years left until retirement, and my wife works for a university in Boston.

They call it a tribe, a family, or something similar, giving people the sense they belong to something special—often creating a tight-knit environment that makes it harder to question what’s really being offered.So, what’s the takeaway?

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

After selling the property, my real estate investing journey went on hold for several years while my family grew to a wife and three beautiful daughters. 

You can't find new construction in Milwaukee under $500k for a single family, most are now 550 to 650.

The housing crisis saw record numbers of foreclosures of single-family homes in Maricopa County in 2010.

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

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Single-family management companies are seeing interest from buyers.

My goals are to start building an investment portfolio of professionally managed (I could tell you all the reasons I will not do it myself) multi-family properties and, in time, develop a property in the Northwoods (Wisconsin/UP).