Affordability has been rapidly declining as well, with 30-year fixed mortgage rates having risen roughly 40 basis points in February alone.

Being familiar with different areas of the city and what areas are improving more rapidly than others should be part of an agents knowledge base as well.

Hey Vince - If you're looking to invest in the Central WI (WI Rapids) area feel free to reach out.

It's just starting across many US markets and it's looking like a very good time to buy real estate in states with rapidly growing populations like Florida, Texas, and Arizona.https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/11...

They're all growing pretty rapidly with new commercial and residential developments going up.I have a good agent who I work with, he works with a number of investors and also invests himself, he's very knowledgeable of the area, I'll message you his contact info.

We’re looking for a few real estate agents in Grand Rapids to fill a couple openings in our featured agent program, so if you’re an agent I’d love to talk with you about receiving what I personally think are some of the best leads on the market!

You could also look at living near Peoria Avenue in the Brookside or Cherry Street (15th Street) areas because Peoria is slated to get a Bus Rapid Transit system with frequent (15 min) bus service in a few years.

Taking the small steps now and will look to scale rapidly following!

I currently do rent-by-the-room (RBR) in Austin, Tx and am scaling quite rapidly.

Fortunately there are many options for local rapid charging.