James Yates take your fiancé to a couple AirBnB places so that she can get comfortable with the concept.Another option is to get a 2-4 unit and keep your stuff in the smallest unit and rent out the other units.

We do plan to have kids in the next couple years.

Sandy:I don't know about all the counties, but I am in Gloucester county and have viewed a couple of the sheriff's websites for neighboring counties. 

See below: % contribution to total raise for new investors: 49.6% % contribution to total raise for existing investors: 50.4%So, here are a couple takeaways for anyone in the biz of raising money for their projects.1.

I was happy with the work they did.However, I'd still always recommend getting a couple of different bids.

Bought the house with private money, rehabbed with the bank loan and I'm a couple weeks away from closing on the refinance (had to wait 6mo title seasoning).  

I bought a couple of lots in a tax-deed auction, and when I went to sell them a year and a half later, I found that all the title companies I called have new policies that require a person to hold the property for 3-5 years or more before the title was regarded as clear.

welcome my fellow Louisianian, wish you the best of luck within the BP community, please utilize the platform to spread your brand looking forward to hearing about the wonderful things that you have up your sleeve in the lake charles area!.....

After three years, you can rent your unit @ market rate and either 1) pull some equity out of your house to put down on another similar property or 2) save the profit per month and use that to put down on a property in a couple years. 

btw, I think there's a couple of BP podcasts of young guys who bought a house to stay in during their college and it was a great springboard for their investing careers.