Ideally, you should be able to see progress every couple of weeks.

Any "strategies" to invest quicker than having the money to invest aren't going to be ideal for you.

And ideally monitoring all the utilities and zones will be good for the long term.This is all my hope anyway we'll see!

For minimizing upfront costs, FHA is better; for liability protection, conventional with an LLC is ideal.

Ideal markets include Texas, Florida, and North Carolina.

Ideally, I’d have an Airbnb down there (for occasional personal use) but have received some feedback that an out-of-state Airbnb would be too difficult to manage.

Ideally, I would love to buy a multi-family property and rent it out, I would consider house hacking but I mainly want to my first property to be one that I can improve on and have it generate income for me.

Ideally, I'd want the deal min. around 20-50k with a max of 75k.

They are like a co living situation, specifically ideal for college students.

And try not to over idealize like A class neighborhood/new build.