I am on a scouting trip at the moment and considering Des Moines as a possible investment area to deploy some capital later in the year or early 2023.I'm free in the evenings as I am working during the day, but can also be available in the morning (before 9-10am) and during the lunch hour (1-2pm).Let's connect!

Wages will increase for first time in 20 years for contractors & it will be harder to secure the BEST workers in the area.Yellen said she expects to raise interest rates in 2017 (the OPPOSITE of Greenspan) - One-off investments will slow, but large capital MF projects will continue (as the BIG banks need to deploy large amounts of cash)Historically, a recession has happened every 8-10 years or so (73ish, 82ish, 1993ish, 2001ish, 2008...and??

@Jay HinrichsOut of 22 doors, COVID-19 related issues for April have been:- 1 needs to split rent between 4/10 and 4/17- 1 is in quarantine until 4/8 and can't pay until then- 1 paid but is getting deployed to Kuwait next month and needs to break leaseSo, 3 out of 22 (14%) have been effected.

I've recently closed on a property in Baltimore that will be my primary residence when I get back from a deployment in the next few weeks, and have 2 questions that I'd love some help on:1.

I would deploy for 2-3 months at a time and work full time at notes 4-6 months a year when I was at home.

But If it were me and I had a stack of cash I wanted to deploy in a more passive way, I'm putting it into a fund run by someone I trust and understand their track record. 

When the market softens in our area in the next 2-3 years, you'll have that money to deploy. 

I am active duty military deployed so I entire yr income are tax free so I basically “don’t have any income to report”. 

I'll be trying to figure out the more intricate details over the next 8 months of my deployment before I can touch ground back home and actually start purchasing anything.So now a little bit about me and my financial situation:I’ve been a member on here for a few months now.

I wouldn't jump straight to the Smokys, but do as Eric suggested and find where your capital can be deployed efficiently.