Husband got a big fat promotion and pay raise.

You can't force appreciation in a 3-family like you can in 5+.

Do everything you can in this phase to be the best CEO you can be.

My current plan at this time is to remain at my job I have now and save up as much as I can in a 1-2 year period, I will then try to see what kind of deals I can get and actually go into the business.

I got my fat Greek a$$ out to my target areas and walked holes into my shoes again and again.

I've been trying to read as much as can in order to make this first investment successful, and I would love to meet anyone else in the area who would be willing to share their knowledge with a motivated newbie trying to dive into their first investment property!!

He feels bad about miss bidding and understands that he is my contingency plan so yes he’s working to save on subs, he did all of the HVAC rough, the electrical, it’s framed up, he is blocking in the windows and doors we don’t want and subbing whenever he can in other words we are tight and that’s how he plans on getting the fronted money back to me.

I fat fingered that one and hit the wrong number. but thank you to everyone who pointed that out.

I've read countless posts in this forum where new investors view REI as a high interest savings account that is going to yield a fat check every month.  

Currently I have a big fat mortgage on my primary residence (about 4k a month) , refinanced last year at a good rate of 3.125%.