North Carolina, particularly in cities like Charlotte and Raleigh, attracts young professionals with a growing tech sector; condos or townhouses might offer lower maintenance costs here.

There are some clever and legal ways to navigate your way to a lower-than-market-rate rent, but you should speak with a QI or CPA before doing so. 

However, by the time we wrapped up the rehab it was practically the holiday season which is typically the "slow" period in Metro Detroit for both sales transactions and renting properties.

You might consider lowering your rates, just to entice some guests to stay and leave reviews. 

Profitable months will be green and lower months you’ll be red.  

Building rapport and trust with potential sellers can lead to mutually beneficial transactions.

Interest rates were a bit high (but still lower than the re-set rate of the existing note at 10 pct!).

It's a lower barrier to entry compared to upstate New York (I'm originally from Queens, New York).

Ir, dscr loan but i ve been renting it out by rooms and market rates are lower then what im getting.

You can just approach the seller (or their agent) as a private party and make an offer, either 3% lower or whatever you think will make the deal work for both parties.....Now if you want to acquire some RE knowledge, I suppose it couldn't hurt to have a license....and it will give you a small amount of credibility (not much, it is not hard to get a license)I think you can gain the knowledge just as easily by just starting to buy and sell properties......