After you get a few under your belt, you will probably have enough knowledge and experience to proceed on your own.

It is fantastic that you already have experience under your belt!

My suggesting is go wide, before you go deep.I was not a fan when I had to move to Milwaukee 15 years ago, but I am now: the city has been re-inventing itself over the last decade and is not anymore the slow rust belt city it has been in the 80s, however that is still the countries perception and will take a while - I talk about this on my YouTube channel a lot.

Dude had only one deal under his belt but was a gifted speaker.

One concern with going big right out the gate is that you are 100% going to make more mistakes as a new investor than you will once you have experience under your belt.

Now that I am in a different relationship, in a different employment position, and have a few years under my belt as a real estate investor I am fully moving into my own period of “It”.

I say all of this after only investing for a year so im still a newbie even with a few props under my belt.

I have 2 rentals and a pretty big flip under my belt.

there is no shortage of housing the mid west and rust belt is full of houses that can be bought for under 200k.. the point you make is spot on.. location dictates the values generally speaking.

That being said, a tool we have used and an important one to have in the tool belt.