If you're looking to buy value-add deals, a lot of investors I work with start doing BRRRRs with cash purchases and refinancing out so they don't have as many risk factors involved.If your market is seeing any kind of appreciation, I think it's smarter to leverage your money to get the bigger returns. 

Do you think applicants would be willing to share the kitchen with 3 others? 

Having lived in Minnesota for 4 years, I started off thinking I should invest in MN or WI, but the homeowner insurance there is $$$$ due to the horrendous weather.Best of luck! 

I think overall the things you supply are on par with most co-hosting companies.

I think depending on your market you will need to look at projected appreciation between the two as well as the overall cost for both options.

., I'm in a market with older houses and I don't think the age of the house has much to do with the maintenance cost.

@Philip CookThat was my thinking.

Any advice is greatly appreciated :)Get to know one developer socially that you get along with well.Share your interest in the business.Seriously, meet for a coffee seems really (W2)....probably isn't the best thing.If you are (W2) your wage slave hours might conflict with the business hours of your intended teacher.But seriously, meet for a coffee with your carpenter, landscaper and close friends.I think the best way to learn is to hang out together as friends with a mutual interest, but if you are (W2)-ing all day...that leaves no hang out time.Go to a 2.5 hour lunch on a moments notice, hang out together in the office, go look at sites together....What is a finance professional--a lender, a CFO, an accountant, a spreadsheet guy running calcs, a statistician, etc???

On one end is the cheapo bastard that wants to try to squeeze every dime they can out of you, and on the other is the ones that think because they're paying "good money" they can dictate your life terms to you.

Hello Evan, great choice, you can get started, the first thing you should do is look up how to set up an LLC, you may not be able to own it until you are 18, but I would think that your mom or dad could be the place holder until then.  2.