Your ability to run the numbers and find a great deal should be unquestionable.

We sold it two years and one baby later to start our next adventure in another live in flip!

Population growing, jobs abound, and baby boomers flocking here to retire.  

CASH BABY!

Things can change - life circumstances, baby, new job, etc. that can make an exception to the rule.

@Justin Moore - Here is my "starting up" collection:Read ideal-vs-desperate-investor (http://greeneincome.com/index.php/2018/10/29/ideal-vs-desperate-investor/)Read Dave Ramsey book "The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness." and complete the baby steps there.Read Scott Trench’s book “Set for Life.”Finish the school and get your degree - you'll need it later, especially if it's business management.Get a job first where you have W2 income.

IE I don't think I would have a baby in a 60 year old house where you might be raising dust.If you are just putting down a little tile, have multiple bathrooms where you can work on one at a time, or maybe you just need to do a little painting, that is a lot different.For the most part we have just gotten either ourselves and/or our contractors in to get work done before we move in.

I feel I am ready to take my first baby step.

I always come at it from the angle of I will be taking care of your "baby".

This baby here was my first foray into Real Estate I definitely learned a lot with this one!!