If you're open to exploring other markets, Ohio has some fantastic opportunities.

Hello Bigger Pockets Community,My fiancé and I are beginning our real estate investment journey but we live and work in one of the most expensive markets in the world - even though we are 20 minutes from San Francisco there is not a property in our city listed at under 1 million (yes).So I recently took a trip to Costa Rica for the sole purpose of identifying regions we would like to invest in and ended up finding a fantastic little condo for our starter property.

The Pocono region is a fantastic choice for an STR due to its appeal to tourists throughout the year. 

Congratulations on closing your second property—that’s a fantastic achievement.

Consumers make the mistake of thinking that 4% is the interest rate and compare it to other interest rates; it is an upfront fee.Yes, it is very sneaky, but credit card companies are fantastic marketers.Also, the big thing with credit cards is what happens after the 0% period when you need to transfer again, and your credit is much lower than before.

@Chad Gray That's fantastic you're looking into getting a cost seg study done.

Fantastic post. 

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@Joseph Adelmann Thank you very much for all the info, fantastic response, I appreciate it!

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