Stay put and grow your savings through non real estate investments3.

I would continue to buy more duplexes and continue growing, and learning and then maybe you can sell all and jump into something larger.

Do rehab on house, convert back to single family and bring it up to level of rapidly rising neighborhood.

@Akeem Wheatley The subject has been beat to death on BP.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/519/topics/24...It boils down to this...If you can put your money into an asset growing at 6-8% and you can get an immediate line of credit against that asset at 4.5% (prime), then anything you can do with that borrowed money that earns more than 4.5% will be adding value on top of the original asset.

Mindful of the fact that I'd like a way to generate income to reinvest and grow and I don't know anything about buying and selling REO, notes, tax-liens, and all the other seemingly 'quick-turn profit niches out there , is Multi-Family smart to start with?

I’m looking for recommendations for insurance companies/agents and policies to provide a quote for 4 plex in Grand Rapids.

There is a huge demand for lower-priced housing with the growing university and manufacturing boom happening out off of USA Parkway (for those familiar with the area).

Homestead is growing and I believe this will be sold at above listing price based on my research.

We want to go in together and become a entity under a company name that we can grow with, not individual buyers.

KCMO is a great place to be to launch your RE investing, and BP a great site to learn and grow along the way.