I am by far the youngest, the other 3 partners are either retired or nearing retirement age which is why I brought up a buyout with one of them.Perhaps the next investment would be to monetize one of the other lots...new multifamily build, storage, etc.I will continue to work with local realtors and hopefully build a network of investors with the same goals locally.triplex

Our historic Atlanta location will offer an Authentic backdrop to their off site filming locations, and our community of creatives will offer them an abundance of networking opportunities to further monetize their content into gaming, VR and AR, marketing and branding, culinary and live arts experiences, and many more.

3) If you are house hacking in the house as your primary residence (required*), you'd only be able to rent 1 bedroom officially which wouldn't amount to $2,000 but more realistically to around $1,300 according to median in the area.4) Assuming $0 down and 2.5% interest rate for 30yrs, you'd be looking roughly at about $2,300/mo. payments, or $1,000/mo. net payments including taxes and insurance which is still very reasonable.With this being said, how much $$ are you planning to put as down payment or do you have as a budget for an investment property?

It tells me they are too cheap to invest in a private platform (one that doesn’t monetize from selling user data) and they don’t respect their clients privacy.

They had two things going for them:1 - Liquidity. 2 - The wife is actually a former producer on one of those HGTV shows I made fun of, she saw all the numbers, including how TV commercial revenue winds up being vitally necessary to the majority of the "as seen on TV" flip type things being viable and in the green (take anything marginally profitable or not profitable, monetize it on television or tik tok or youtube, and boom now it's viable).I wish you the best of luck OP, but consider that maybe a "base hit" is totally fine for where you are at.

--why not build this into your photography business--using this as a lead generator that can be monetized.  

I just don't want you to waste your time, and money on something that you are not quite ready for ...yet.Personally I have been part of a team that had bought, managed and monetized over 10,000 non-performing mortgage notes so my own blog covers that experience.

You've got a lot of time to bounce back from failures, and if you worked that long abroad, you probably have some pretty significant life skills you don't even recognize that you can monetize for years to come if need-be.

So I stick with a one-year lease and have figured out a way to monetize people that leave early.Know your market and adjust accordingly.

This would gross $4,800/mo (net would be substantially lower) but you are well on your way, and you're learning by doing, with very little risk.For a better return, go with multifamily... but duplexes and the sort are in incredibly high demand the past few years.