I have been rehabbing houses in Milwaukee for 15 years and I am on my jobs at least 2-3 times a week - even though we use the same trades and typically do the same work.

While that’s appealing, the added complexity with tenant turnover, varying personalities, and managing shared spaces can make it a bit of a trade-off.I’m curious, how does it look in other markets?

For starters it can be more difficult to find comps as there are often less multi fam trading than SFR of the same size and count.

Professional trade journals such as Accountancy, Tax advisor and others. 

I've invested in stocks, traded options, and even a bit of crypto for years.

I just read 5 books (out of print, published between 1979 and 1986) all related to wealth building thru real estate “trading and exchanging” (not for tax free exchange).These were the most convoluted, confusing, and unfocused real estate books I ever read!

Chicago’s South Side is set to become a hub for quantum computing, with Related Midwest proposing a quantum campus on the former U.S.

Your background in Wall Street trading and current work at a property tech startup give you a great foundation for this journey.Starting with a rental property in North Carolina is a smart move.

I totally agree, so many properties there are new and beautiful that there needs to be *something* to really stand outYou make a really good point re: no plan B, and in general I’ve seen the home values in that market depreciating (assuming because of the boom / growth in supply in the last couple years).I might be wrong here but I assumed that a general trade off between vacation market and metro areas would generally be that strs in vacation markets don’t really have a plan BI’m pretty split at the moment, but really appreciate your thoughts

We have an experienced, degreed designer on the team and we have "trade accounts" with vendors, so we'll often purchase the materials and appliances directly from the vendors and have the contractor pick them up to use on the job.