That being said, there’s nothing wrong with investing in blue collar areas but I prefer to invest in the ones that have a higher degree of owner occupancy because the residents of those areas care about where they live and have deeper roots.  

Go to local meetups, search these forums for people that have mentioned that they do private lending and attend other RE events.

Typically the re-zoning to condos will be a pain point.

Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.2.

For those that have invested $10k have you thought about investing that amount with Grant Cardone..

@Nick ConnorsIt’s great that you’re using your savings to invest early, and Columbus could be a solid market given your familiarity.

The best use of AI in our industry is to use it for re-engagement of follow up leads with the outcome of setting an appointment with a human being.

We reduce the number of investment properties to consider by about 99.6% using our data mining software.

I would calculate my numbers by putting every dollar from the rent into my RE account. 

A lot of my friends started RE investing that way.