(This is great because you are still growing the amt with the 5% interest).

You focus energy on growing your first flow of income.

The industrial and healthcare industries in Temple are constantly growing and the city is expanding like crazy. 

I too have seriously considered Airbnb in popular cities.

As a landlord you can't act as a charity, you have your own financial obligations to your lender, your investors, your reserve funds, your other tenants, your family, your goals for growing the business, your own health issues, etc. 

My name is Brandon Corrales and I'm an Air Force veteran transitioning into the Air National Guard (doing the part-time gig while I figure out what I want to do when I grow up).

After graduation, I read Millionaire Next Door, Think and Grow Rich, Total Money Makeover, Personal Finance for Dummies, and The Money Book for the Young Fabulous and Broke.

Hi BP members:I wanted to get some feedback and advice on strategy to grow my real estate business.

I can't speak to other parts of the country, but as far as Florida is concerned  the Emerald Coast is one of the more affordable areas as well and very popular destination. 

, but you can start applying the BRRRR strategy to rapidly grow your number of rental properties.